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

There is no pattern the human mind can devise that does not exist already within the bounds of nature...Everything we do, see, write, notate, all are an echo of the deep seams of the universe. Music is the invisible world made visible through sound.

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

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

History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.

The dead leave their shadows, an echo of the space within which once they lived. They haunt us, never fading or growing older as we do. The loss we grieve is not just their futures but our own.

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.