I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.

He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random, it would be a cool photograph.

She had never been a proficient flirt. Her spasms of kittenish behaviour were graceless and inept, like normal conversation on roller skates. but the combination of the retsina and sun made Emma feel sentimental and light-headed. She reached for her roller skates.

You must do what you enjoy.

I would never complain about One Day taking off but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.

This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

Read a book at the right age and it will stay with you for life.