I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

I've tried, in 'Bloodmoney,' to tell a story that gets at the crazy relationship between the ISI and the CIA, these absolutely fascinating, often mutually destructive two scorpions in a bottle kind of relationship that they have.

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In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it.

Real security will come when it's a moneymaker for private companies who want to satisfy public demand for an Internet that isn't crawling with bugs.

She craved a family, not having had enough of one to understand what a pain in the ass it was.