“Read to escape reality . . . Write to embrace it.”
“I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.”
“I write thrillers for the same reason that people read them – it's escapism.”
“Reality depresses me. I need to find fantasy worlds and escape in them.”
“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”