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• ‟ If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project onto us.

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• ‟ My characters all have issues, but I don't see that as weird or abnormal because I think in real life there are very few bland, normal people.

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• ‟ I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isn't happening.

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• ‟ I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your motive!' Whereas things like blackmail, jealousy - they're rational reasons for committing murder.

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• ‟ I am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick in a person's mind and have an atmosphere about them.

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• ‟ There are very few well-adjusted people in my books. But I do think that's normal. Because everyone does have their issues and hang-ups.

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• ‟ If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime writer.

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• ‟ The crimes in my books are committed by people who can't keep it together any more. They do something to express their own pain, and that has a terrible effect on somebody else.

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