I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume.

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

For the past seventeen years I have been experimenting with lager. I am a lager user and one drug leads to another. If you do lager, as night follows day, you'll end up doing Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.

I resent the creation of a world in which beauty is a reminder of what we're losing rather than a celebration of what we have.

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

I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.