People always grumbled. If things went well they wanted them to go better. Give them comfort and they wanted luxuries.

People always grumbled. If things went well they wanted them to go better. Give them comfort and they wanted luxuries.

It is to live that requires courage, not to die.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep this most fascinating of cities with so many relics of 2000 years of history still to be found in its streets. One of my greatest pleasures was, and still is, exploring London.

I found that married life gave me the necessary freedom to follow an ambition which had been with me since childhood; and so I started to write in earnest.

When I was 14 and living in London, I'd go around Hampton Court Palace with its marvelous atmosphere, through the gateway where Ann Boleyn walked, the haunted gallery down which Katherine Howard ran. It all set me going. It all started from there.

Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.