People think I write fantasy, but I don't; some things may be exaggerated or distorted in the same way that painters distort and alter things, but they're realistic figures. They're perfectly recognisable.

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.

Cleanse my heart... Give me the ability to rage correctly

I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.

Policemen, like red squirrels, must be protected.