Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.

Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.

The pharmaceutical corporations are engaged in the systematic corruption of the medical profession, country by country

It's death, that's what I'm suffering from. The systematic encroachment of the big D.

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.