I’ve always believed that dialogue is the thing that separates the sheep from the goats when it comes to writers. I found writing for television really good for dialogue, because you’ve got to fight for every word. You’ve got to fight for space in television, and you’ve got to keep it as concise as possible. If three words will do it, that’s better than four – certainly better than five. And so I guess, yeah, that was a big step up – learning how to do it really, really to the point and really fast.

LEE CHILD