My work is known by too few people for me to be remembered as a writer - that is, beyond those dedicated souls (bless them) who have followed the oeuvre through its various stages. To be realistic, when they and the last of my friends have died, I doubt I shall be remembered at all.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

I got to see first hand what he has done to make this a reality. That has been real rewarding to watch him achieve his dream.

People of this teenager's age are on the brink of adulthood and have to be allowed a greater degree of responsibility. A consequence of this is a decrease in parental responsibility. Therefore to have criminal responsibility for what you don't know about seems rather extreme.

It's basically a home-rule issue. I think the governing authority that appoints people as assessors certainly has reasons for doing it. ... And it certainly ought to be the board of assessors' right to say who is best qualified to serve as an appraiser.

When you commit a serious doping offence you are not eligible for lottery funding.

I have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job.