Steve Bisley

I've got a good memory. Sometimes it's a curse. I remember what the light was like in the room the first time I heard Van Morrison's 'Moondance.'

Writing a novel is easier than writing a memoir; you are not constrained by the truth.

I am a great observer of things, and I do it all the time. I store stuff; I use it as an actor; that sort of recall, of emotional memory and images of things, just tastes of things.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

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.