“I write for the same reason I read: because it's all there is for me.”
“I write thrillers for the same reason that people read them – it's escapism.”
“I write for the same reason I eat chocolate - because it is, undeniably a compulsion.”
“I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.”
“I write for the same reason I breathe.....because if I did not, I would die.”
“It's hard for me to speak, whether in English or Afrikaans. The reason I write is because I cannot speak. I feel blunt.”