Quote

A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.

When in life do you get a black and white printout that says this is what you should do? It just doesn't happen.

I'm useless at staring at a piece of white paper. But if you put a piece of white paper with a black line on it in front of me, I'll say no that black line should be red and it should go this way or that way.

There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white.

My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task.

Wearing a bold print gets harder as you get older. It's safer to stick to subtle prints or block colours. I have always found prints quite tricky. My daughter Carly, who is on the design team at Stella McCartney, is obsessed with them.

Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.

Print is very important because I think there is nothing like the tactile sense of picking up a magazine.

We can create any sort of flavor on a printed image that we set our minds to.

The digital print is becoming the look of our time, and it makes the C-print start to look like a tintype.