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I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.

I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all.

When I really want to learn about something, I write a book on it. Then the real research begins, as I begin to hear people's stories, and huge amounts of information begins to comes straight to my doorstep. Then I can write an even better book the next time!

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.

I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with.

I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.

Sometimes I'm asked if I do research for my stories. The answer is yes and no. No, in the sense that I seldom plow through books at the library to gather material. Yes, in the sense that the first fifteen years of my life turned out to be one big research project.

I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period and reading its books and watching its films. I see it as a real treat.