You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage.

I don't know what I'd do without you. There's no one else to look after me. And it's not just that. I sometimes think you're the only person who really knows me. I only feel normal when I'm with you.

But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school. That's why they become politicians.

Some things can't be changed. They'll always happen the way they were supposed to.

Do you realise how much trouble you're in?" "Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all.

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.

He looked from the phone to the unconscious figure of the Salesman. "What did you do to him?" he asked. "He got the wrong number," Alex said.