The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody like me might saying that they bought in white Australia. But I believe they did.

Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.

It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice

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.

Belief doesn't rest on proof or existence...it rests on faith...without faith there is nothing.

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.

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read with one hand.