I read continually and don't understand writers who say they don't read while working on a book. For a start, a book takes me about two years to writ…

- Paul Lynch

Sometimes, I like to imagine the perfect reader - the reader who not just understands what I am about, but soaks up every word as if it were written …

- Paul Lynch

I need my trusty Mac laptop to write. I can't work with anything else. I'm used to the feel of the keys. I also like, more than anything else, Apple'…

- Paul Lynch

While I read almost all my newspapers online, I'm not a big fan of e-books because I like to see what I've read and remember it. Books are a way of m…

- Paul Lynch

"Night sky was black and then there was blood, morning crack of light on the edge of the earth." The ideal first sentence contains within it an intim…

- Paul Lynch

I find that jazz loosens up the deep place of my mind, lets me find my own strange rhythms. Generally, I find the knottier the jazz, the better. Anyt…

- Paul Lynch

I'm not quite Honoré de Balzac, but I can't start without a strong espresso. After an hour and a half or so, I need another. Nothing else, mind, and …

- Paul Lynch

I write in Times New Roman, 12 point, and arrange the margins so that the screen looks like a page from a book. This spurs me on to make the writing …

- Paul Lynch

I particularly like the catchphrase of Leonardo Da Vinci: Ostinato Rigore! (Which means, pretty much, Relentless Rigor).

- Paul Lynch