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  • There came this point where I sat down with all my notebooks and I had to start to write, when I thought: this whole notion of writing for the person who understands nothing, the average reader ... He has to die! I can't have him in my head. And so the person I started writing for was the homicide detective.

    "Arrogant? Moi?". Interview with Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2009.