I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!

I'm a devoted husband. That must strike you as totally deviant.

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.

It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans,' it said. She laughed. 'Really?' The machine shrugged and let go of her hand. 'Oh, no. It's just something we tell ourselves.

Intellectual achievement. The exercise of skill. Human feeling.

In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.

I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!