You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?

I won't say 'never,' but I have no plans to write an eighth book.

It is not about striving for immortality, but about accepting mortality.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me.

Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages and not worrying about dropping them in the bath or running out of power. I also find print books objects of beauty.

Well you seemed too busy to call him a prat and I thought someone should.