It's been said before: 'The sleep of reason produces monsters.

Put a man on the brink of the abyss and - in the unlikely event that she doesn't fall into it - he will become a mystic or a madman... Which is probably the same thing!

..we all have to do things in this life that we don't like..

I enjoy a special collegiality among other writers in the thriller community. They call me Canadas scariest writer, and I love that.

The true artists is one who insists on producing a supply, whether or not there's any demand.

Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us.

One hundred sparrow does not make one eagle.

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.

Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.