..because when we look up into the sky at night there will be no darkness, just the blazing light of billions and billions of stars, all falling.

I find people confusing.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

..because when we look up into the sky at night there will be no darkness, just the blazing light of billions and billions of stars, all falling.

There was a time in my life when I was going in and out of houses that were extraordinarily different - from a working-class terrace in Northampton to the homes of friends who were really very wealthy. It was quite an odd position to be in, I realise looking back, and quite a nice one.

Usually people look at you when they're talking to you. I know that they're working out what I'm thinking, but I can't tell what they're thinking. It is like being in a room with a one-way mirror in a spy film.

And Father said, "Christopher, do you understand that I love you?" And I said "Yes," because loving someone is helping them when they get into trouble, and looking after them, and telling them the truth, and Father looks after me when I get into trouble, like coming to the police station, and he looks after me by cooking meals for me, and he always tells me the truth, which means that he loves me.