If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.

I don't read like other people do - back and forth, across the page. I tend to scan a page at a time.

For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource.

The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still alive.

I'm very close to my parents. I admire them and respect them enormously. But my childhood unfortunately coincided with the end of their marriage. They are two people who should never, ever have got married.