Dan Brown on his new book and how he manages the writing process

'Anybody who writes a thriller needs to have a plan. There's a great saying that the thriller writer who starts a book without knowing where’s he's going is just lying,' says Brown. Photo: AP

The plots of Dan Brown's novels have so many turns that even the author has to make sure he can keep it all organised.

"Anybody who writes a thriller needs to have a plan. There's a great saying that the thriller writer who starts a book without knowing where’s he's going is just lying,” he said on Tuesday.