I Think The Police Are A Major

The Crime Genre's Always Been Regarded Very Well By The Literary End Of The Book World, Whereas Horror, Although It Had That Spell In The Late Eighties, By And Large, It's Sort Of Ghetto-ized, And Considered To Be Exploited Literature.

A News Junkie, I Read, Daily, The 'times/sunday Times,' The 'guardian/observer,' 'mail,' And The 'argus' - Both To Keep Up With Crime In Brighton, Where I Set My Novels, And Because I Think It Is Vital To Support Local Papers - They Provide A Unique Accountability For Councils, Emergency Services And So Much Else, And Are Dangerously Undervalued.

If You And I Took A Walk Down A Shopping Street In Jo'burg Or Cape Town Or London, We See Two Guys Looking In A Shop Window, We Think, "oh, They're Wondering What They're Going To Buy." A Cop Looks At Them And Thinks, "why Are They Standing There? Are They Doing A Drug Deal? Are They Going To Mug Someone? Are They Going To Rob The Shop?"

We're Full Of Electricity, And The Walls And Floor Of A Building Contain Carbon - The Same Makeup As A Video Tape - And I Think We Give Off A Huge Amount Of Energy. Some People Are Able To See That And Pick That Up. I Think Almost Every Person I've Met In My Life Has Had Some Sort Of Experience That They Can't Explain, And Those Fascinate Me.

Sometimes The Body Gets Out Of Bed An Hour Before The Brain.