I already knew that I wanted to be involved in something that combined management and coding, so I wasn't coding all the time. And I don't want to be in a management position, where that's all I'm doing, and I'm not able to participate in the creation of the technology.

I love having first-time experiences. When you're past the age of 20 or so, there are less and less first-time experiences.

There is often better opportunity attached to fame, at least career-wise. But it's a flash. You can't control it. You can't depend on it.

They couldn't wait to get me out. My dad found my place, my mom helped me pack, and my brother was making architectural plans for my bedroom. It was just what you do at 18.

I spent years only ever reading horror and then trying to write horror - and deep down, a horror writer is still what I'd love to be. But it wasn't until I started writing crime that things began to work for me.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

I don't think there's a... boundary between digital media and print media. Every magazine is doing an online version.

With the blessing of social media and platforms like Amazon Prime and Netflix, you get this broad audience that I don't think we knew about when we were kids.