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I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.

I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where I'll end up, but I have no idea what will happen along the way.

For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.

I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.

I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line.

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland.

I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.