Luck's just another word for destiny... either you make your own or you're screwed.

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton

Gerald Westerby, he told himself. You were present at your birth. You were present at your several marriages and at some of your divorces, and you will certainly be present at your funeral. High time, in our considered view, that you were present at certain other crucial moments in your history.

Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby.