Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.

I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it.

The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.

I've never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.

A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.

All those moments, those memories. Everything that we are, compressed in just two or three kilos of paper — the weight of a human heart.

I speak as I must and cannot be silent.