A biography for Simon Toynehasn’t been written yet.
“I love Westerns. They're a unique creation of American mythology.”
“The largest two books I've ever read more than once are 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens and 'The Stand' by Stephen King, about 1,200 pages each.”
“'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.”
“'Solomon Creed' is a man who knows everything about everything but nothing about himself and is on a journey of redemption to try and reclaim his identity.”
“If, after five years, I hadn't had anything published, I was just going to forget it and go back to TV full-time until I retired or they put me out to pasture.”
“The author always knows more than the reader does at the start of a novel, and gradually, they share that knowledge with the reader - that's storytelling.”
“One of the things that made me try writing novels was I could take time off to be with the kids. That's the practical side of what I love about the writing life.”
“Quest stories are about the oldest form of narrative there is, and they're also the perfect metaphor for life because we're all on a journey trying to figure out where we're going and who we are. 'Solomon Creed' is just doing it with more danger and guns involved.”
“I knew from my television work that I could sit down and put words on paper but didn't know if I had the talent to tell a story in novel form.”
“We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.”
“I love researching all sorts of weird stuff. I always say, 'God help me if the FBI came across my Internet search history.'”
“All writers steal. You might as well steal from the best.”