There's no black and no white, just shades of grey...But the small betrayals lead to bigger ones, morality is eroded.

We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.

I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.

Too often I am jealous and my jealousy leads me to say things-things-that I regret.

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.

There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however ill the cause, is stronger than the wish to listen.

There’s only one difference between published and unpublished writers, and it is this -- the first group see their work in print on the shelves of Waterstone’s or Tesco or online at Amazon; the second group are yet to have physical evidence of the hours, weeks, years spent fashioning words into their patterns. You are already a writer.