Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it!

What's really good is that there are people making stories and writing them and the vast majority never see the light of day and it doesn't matter a fig.

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

I don't consciously try to take my readers on a journey as I don't really think about my readers when I'm writing. I just try to write what I feel passionately about, to tell a story down onto the page.