I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.

I do not look at the world in terms of black and white - and I find people who do rather scary. I think it's all shades of grey.

Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.

There's a very fine line between pleasure and pain. They are two sides of the same coin, one not existing without the other.

Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.

If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book.

I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.