Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.

Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

I'm vulgar, I'm a populist. But isn't that what the mayor should be?

Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.