I don't think any of us grew up into the world we were hoping for or expecting.

I'd prefer to include sex scenes alongside the adventure scenes and everyday-life scenes, as if they were all part of the same thing. Which of course they are. Sex is not discrete from the rest of our existence.

The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you'll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra - you can cut off its head in the Germany of the '30s and '40s, but it'll still turn up on your back doorstep in a slightly altered guise.

There are two worlds we live in: a material world, bound by the laws of physics, and the world inside our mind, which is just as important.

For whatever the future holds, one thing is certain... It just won't be the same.

I love the smell of paper in the morning; it smells like victory.

It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace.