I often feel intellectually frustrated when I'm in a position where I'm not moving forward; when I'm not enquiring about something.

Never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person's point of view.

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly.

Astrologys a moving system that depends on where youre looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand.

It is a feature of human nature to give what we most wish to receive.

To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt.

I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.