I started writing stories in my spare time.

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.

World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years.

Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.