Every writer has to make an emotional journey from artist sitting in attic to being part of a business. The writer of a film is like Tinkerbell. You are only there because people believe in you. The moment they dont, because youre a pain the arse, youve lost.

No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

I have fits of melancholia when I watch the news, but we all do, don't we?

I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind.

Every writer has to make an emotional journey from artist sitting in attic to being part of a business. The writer of a film is like Tinkerbell. You are only there because people believe in you. The moment they dont, because youre a pain the arse, youve lost.

I mean the truth is, I've always been interested in the whole setup of the old world.