I'm an escapist kind of writer.

I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.

I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.

All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.

I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.

I believed that old people never laughed. I thought they sighed a lot and groaned. They walked with sticks, and they didn't like children on bicycles or roller skates or with big dogs.

Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.