The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they are, whatever their educational background, whatever their age or their needs - is welcome.

People think that I'm very serious.

What we attempt to do is not without danger. What we attempt to do may not succeed. But it is right and it is just. We act for the good of all.

For when all else is done, on­ly words re­main. Words en­dure.

The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they are, whatever their educational background, whatever their age or their needs - is welcome.

People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.