I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly.

It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted.

Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.

I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude.

In my experience, Detective, it's all middle game.