I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible.

I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not.

I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.

She was a logical child, as far as children go. She did not understand how such a nice, kind, good God as the one they preyed to, could condemn the whole earth for sinfulness and flood it, or condemn his only Son to a disgusting death on behalf of everyone. This death did not seem to have done much good.

Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.

I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.

Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.