I was on the verge of something numinous and profound and in one more second the universe was going to crack open and arcana would rain down on my head like grace and all the cosmic mysteries were going to be revealed.

The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.

I am mad, I think. I am mad therefore I think. I am mad therefore I think I am.

Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.

I've always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn't know, and with 'Case Histories' I just decide to make that more up-front.

I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd love to be a Catholic. I think it would be fantastic - faith, forgiveness, absolution, extreme unction - all these wonderful words. I don't think anyone who was ever born a Catholic hasn't died a Catholic, no matter how lapsed they are.

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.