My father asserted that there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment.... There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.

One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero.

It sounds bad, but they don't care about your age if you're famous.

Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?

I never thought I would just be doing Arkady books.

How men hate waiting while their wives shop for clothes and trinkets; how women hate waiting, often for much of their lives, while their husbands shop for fame and glory.

Virtue lives when Beauty dies.