It was the day my grandmother exploded.

There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.

I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.

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

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.

One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve.

The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.