And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.

I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things - but I'm proud of the fact I've remained close to everyone I've ever worked with.

Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.

I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

My parents were secular. I am an atheist.

The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.