If you don't go to a dance you can never be rejected but you'll never get to dance either.

I'm an escapist kind of writer.

If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?

I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.

When I was younger, I avoided exercise or anything strenuous. I didn't even enjoy walking. As I got older, I spent so much time marking books or sitting at a desk writing that there was no room for exercise - not that I would have bothered anyway.

I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21.

If you write what you know about, you will always be on safe ground. I am very edgy and nervous about going into territories I know nothing about. That's why you don't find much high finance, group sex, or yachting parties in my stories.