Peter Hook

A poetic, sensitive, tortured soul, the Ian Curtis of the myth - he was definitely that.

Great music seems to come from a lot of angst, and that angst is from great musicians getting together with intense chemistry. When that chemistry isn't there, people tend not to write great music.

Knowing very little about a band only adds to the allure.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.