duty, the most indecent of all obsessions, was only another name for love.

Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which will be polishing drafts. The ones in between will flesh out the characters and maybe I'll check my research.

..the best is only bought at the cost of great pain...or so says the legend

My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.

I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because Rowling is such a lousy writer.

Best of all she liked his eyes, such a translucent golden brown, and so laughing.

I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel.