The Key To Thrillers Is Vicarious Pleasure.

People Spend Thousands Of Dollars On Stereos. Sometimes Tens Of Thousands. There Is A Specialist Industry Right Here In The States Which Builds Stereo Gear To A Standard You Wouldn't Believe. Tubed Amplifiers Which Cost More Than A House. Speakers Taller Than Me. Cables Thicker Than A Garden Hose. Some Army Guys Had That Stuff. I'd Heard It On Bases Around The World. Wonderful. But They Were Wasting Their Money. Because The Best Stereo In The World Is Free. Inside Your Head. It Sounds As Good As You Want It To. As Loud As You Want It To Be.

It's A Kind Of Zen Question: If You Write A Book And No One Reads It, Is It Really A Book?

I'm Twenty-nine, Yes Really, I'm From Aspen, Colorado, I'm Six Feet One, Yes Really, I've Been At Quantico Two Years, Yes I Date Guys, No I Dress Like This Just Because I Like It, No I'm Not Married, No I Don't Currently Have A Boyfriend, And No I Don't Want To Have Dinner With You Tonight.

I'd Never Believed In Luck. Never Had Any Cause To. Never Relied On It, Because I Never Could.

I Write In The Afternoon, From About 12 Until 6 Or 7. I Use An Upstairs Room As My Office. Once I Get Going I Keep At It, And It Usually Takes About Six Months From The First Blank Screen Until 'the End.