A Rat Is Neither Good Nor Evil.

I Have Questioned Myself About The Brutality In The Last Few Novels. Actually In The Leopard, In Hindsight, I Feel I Went A Little Bit Too Far With Screaming Blood. There Are A Couple Of Scenes That I Regret And Wish I Had The Chance To Rewrite. Phantom Has Less Blood.

When I Finish A Book, I'm So Exhausted That I'm Sort Of Letting Myself Think That This Could Be The End.

Evil Is Not A Thing. It Cannot Take Possession Of You. It's The Opposite; It's A Void, An Absence Of Goodness. The Only Thing You Can Be Frightened Of Here Is Yourself.

You Get Spoiled As A Novelist Because You Get To Be The Director And The Editor, And You Play All The Parts, But As A Screenwriter, You Are A Bit Down The Ladder.

I'm Not A Big Crime Reader, But I'm Reading Michael Connelly's 'the Reversal.' I'm Going Back To His Novels. I'm Also Reading Keith Richards' 'life.' I'm Always Fascinated By The Transition From The Innocent Late '60s And Early '70s And The Youth Culture Becoming An Industry.