I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

Any closer would unravel her mystery, the very thing which made her so truly beautiful...It was her mystery that he adored. He was in love with everything that he did not know about her... No real sexual encounter could ever match the secret one that he could nurture in his imagination... No living flesh could ever be the erotic equal of flesh kept private, untouchable and unknowable

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

I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

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

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.