The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people.

Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she believed in God, without explanation or discussion.

Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema.

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.