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

Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.

That's what this war is all about, my friend. It's about which of us is the crazier.And clearly you British have an advantage.You were crazy beforehand.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

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

For me,the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out-the writing down of it I always find hard.But I love finishing it,then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.

I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not God-made.