History has rewritten itself so many times I'm not really sure how it was to begin with -- it's a bit like trying to guess the original color of a wall when it's been repainted eight times.

I have the death sentence in seven genres.

Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer.

To each our own Hamlet.

Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation.

I've got six months to sort out the hackers, get the Japanese knotweed under control and find an acceptable form of narcissus.

For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or you will lose momentum. There is a contract that exists between author and reader.