Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

If you are lucky enough to be successful, you get drawn further in and you stop paying attention to the stuff that matters.

I'm a big fan of the digestive system.

For some time now, I have been encouraging people to ask themselves why things look the way they do.