For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.

I don't want to put the world to rights... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.

I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.

For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.

You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.

I had been coming to America very frequently for many, many years, so I had plenty of exposure - and maybe the best kind of exposure, because I think first impressions are very important. Maybe I notice stuff that is just subliminal to people who live here all the time.

The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off a cliff, and all the old hands either left or were fired for being too expensive.