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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.

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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.

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I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.

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This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

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You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.

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If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do anything else.

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There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.

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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 4th, 1962

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