I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral ambiguity and conflict makes for great characters.

There's an awful lot of corruption in Japanese business and politics, corruption of the sort that can make for great setting for a spy story.

The Internet is a limitless library at your fingertips. It's a great place to start with the acquisition of knowledge. My process is to go to a place when I'm writing about it. Nothing captures the essence, feeling and flavor of a place better than when I'm actually there and doing the writing.

From the outside, the CIA seems pretty exotic, but from the inside, it's a big, bureaucratic place. Think 'post office with spies.'

In 2017, I enjoyed my time on the Internet more than doing things in real life.

As new technology emerges as the greatest challenge to novels since the advent of film, it may be that the fragmentation of storytelling into installments key to Dickens's era will be recreated in some way.

The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.