The most distinguishing element of my novels is that I try as hard as I can - within the context of a popular commercial thriller - to make them feel authentic. Drawing on real locations and real events is part of that authenticity.


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It is such a cut throat industry where you get knocked down so much and get rejected so much. If you...
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I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romantic...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN
Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN
My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN
I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it's like the least I can do, I really enjoy tha...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN
When I'm 70 or 80, I'm still going to be doing good climbs. It's going to be fun to the ...
ALEX LOWE
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, e...
ALEX KAPRANOS
If it's not messy and it doesn't drip over the sides, it's not a holiday hot chocolate -...
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI
I've been humbled by the reception I've received everywhere.
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
I feel like a princess with a knife. I've wanted to be an Iron Chef forever.
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI
In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoh...
ALEX FERGUSON
If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a...
ALEX STEFFEN
What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and...
ALEX STEFFEN
I try to give the music more of a campfire feel as opposed to a library atmosphere. I like when you ...
ALEX EBERT
I, Alexander B. Campbell, make this statement of the cause of my death to relieve the coroner of the...
ALEX CAMPBELL
The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
ALEX TURNER
I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God ha...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patroniz...
ALEX KINGSTON
The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to de...
ALEX FERGUSON
It stuns me how effective children can be in their messaging, and I believe that every child should ...
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI
Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having...
ALEX KAPRANOS
I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my b...
ALEX PETTYFER
I start warming up before training an hour before at the hotel. That's not because I feel old an...
ALEX MORGAN
I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began...
ALEX SPANOS
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
ALEX LEVIN
The Internet has made some phenomenal breakthroughs that are still only poorly understood in terms o...
ALEX STEFFEN
Success is not the place one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues ...
ALEX NOBLE
Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after...
ALEX MORRITT
I had never thought about playing volleyball until my freshman year, ... But Small stopped me in the...
ALEX NOBLE
It started clicking then,
ALEX NOBLE
Intimidation? Oh, gosh, I cried every day, ... I almost walked out the first day. One girl said I sh...
ALEX NOBLE
Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and g...
ALEX NOBLE
If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I ...
ALEX NOBLE
If I'd stayed up there I'd be out of a job now,
ALEX SANDERSON
One step from the scrapheap, really.
ALEX SANDERSON