The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.

We all suffer from dreams

So far it's 43 books in 25 years.

Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man.

I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it.

You know what circumcision is, Private?

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.