On the three pigs he and his wife own: "We acquired the pigs last year. My wife was born on a pig farm and has always been very fond of pigs. Of course, they are for eating, which is why they are named Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. You wouldn’t want to eat Rufus, Marcus and Esmeralda.

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth foregoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

Hell must be a place where you are only allowed to read what you agree with.

What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.

It is desperately important to remember when enough is enough, when you've finished the scene.

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.