You'd think I walk around with my eyes shut, banging off the walls.

Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

What will come, will come; you just have to be there to meet it.

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

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.

All's fair in love and war," said Ron brightly, "and this is a bit of both.