My father was aloof, very strange and very distant.

We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

If this is what you do to the winner, I'd hate to see how you treat the runner up.

Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was enormously cultured and had an incredible library.

McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or his color; they were convenient excuses now. He had been a psychopath from the start.

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.