It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.

The government was to raise the duty on cheese to 83 percent, an unpopular move that would doubtless have the more militant citizens picketing cheese shops.

...being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness.

I also read about Heathcliff's unexpected three-year career in Hollywood under the name Buck Stallion and his eventual return to the pages of Wuthering Heights.

You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is, would be better with you in it.

Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.

The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.