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When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.

I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

My novels are all ideas.

Usually after finishing a novel, I have a head full of bad ideas for the next one.

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.

With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm not sure where the story is going.

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.