Ethics is the new competitive environment

I think writers have to be able to enjoy solitude rather than just endure it. I've always enjoyed being left alone with my imagination, ever since I was a kid.

The new century will see unimaginable levels of wastefulness and extravagance, but it will also be an age in which the individual human being acquires a true and universally recognised value.

What is central to business is the joy of creating.

I keep to a minimum dialect, in-jokes about football (soccer) teams and soap opera characters, so as not to lose North American readers.

If you like Harlan Coben, you’ll love Linwood Barclay.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

He tried to tell me week after week to accept things as they were and move on with my life. But if there was one man who had put his life on hold to wait for something or someone, it was him.

You speak Arabic? Tell him my name is Infidel Redeemed by Christ.

Everything that can be created has already been done in creation. As human beings, we can only imitate, not create as such.

A 'mistake' is beside the point, for once anything happens it authentically is.

I like human comedies - or dramedies. More than anything, I'm interested in people just dealing with everyday things that are difficult, and there is more than enough comedy and drama in that.

I know about investment. It's really obvious - you buy property, let it sit for a couple of years and then sell it and reinvest.

We are aching to come together and I think it has little to do with liberal or conservative discourse. I think it has to do with increasing disconnection with what is real and soul-serving.

Dignity is the reward of obeying your heart.