I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.

At fourteen, you really do start realising that the world is not a safe and protected place or not always.

Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

I've wanted to be an author as long as I can remember. English was always my favorite subject at school, so why I went on to do a degree in French is anyone's guess.

He sobbed in desperation at the burden of fear he carried with him every day of his life.

THIRTY–ZERO! TAKE THAT, YOU DIRTY, CHEATING —” “Jordan, if you can’t commentate in an unbiased way — !” “I’m telling it like it is, Professor!

I look at the effect that an individual's fame has on their family, for example, and the limitations that places upon your life to an extent - of course, it brings marvelous things too, but it brings them mainly to the individual. The people around the famous person often pay a price without reaping many of the rewards.