My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of equal importance.

You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.

Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out into the world.

You can't help parts of yourself leaking into other characters.

The world's tragedy is that men love women, women love children, and children love hamsters.

I am often criticised for being rather accessible.

You can't love a library of e-books. You can't furnish a room with e-books.