“If you look at the great Westerns, and at Greek, Roman, and Norse myth...” — Simon Toyne Quote

If you look at the great Westerns, and at Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology, they all contain elements in common: a harsh landscape; demons or outlaws trying to stop or kill the protagonist; and there are mythical legends at their core, innate in all cultures.

I'm certainly not the first author to tiptoe into the conspiratorial, religious-tinged territory, but - and I hate to break this to the faithful - neither is Dan Brown.

If you look back to the earliest religions, before they got organized and started building churches and amassing wealth, they all sprang from the same place - they were inspired by nature.

'Sanctus' was done on speculation. I had no agent or publisher. I was being sensible, I suppose, by writing a standalone novel. I figured if that one didn't work, no one would be interested in reading a sequel.

I never look to contain. I always try and take wickets.

Incentives and infrastructure should encourage development and that development needs to contain the right types of housing in the right places.

Different viral species contain nucleic acids that differ not only in length and nucleotide sequence but in many unexpected ways as well.

I'm on the road a lot, but I eat healthy whenever I can with foods that don't contain pesticides.

A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.