There are little pockets of old time in London, where things and places stay the same, like bubble in amber.

The only thing that kept me going was stories. Stories are hope. They take you out of yourself for a bit, and when you get dropped back in, you're different- you're stronger, you've seen more, you've felt more. Stories are like spiritual currency.

Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.

I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful.

I personally have a great deal of respect for readers. I have a great deal of respect for the human race. I think most people can tell the difference between fiction and fact. I think that the action of writing about something does not condone it. The best thing I can ever hope to do is provide good questions, and I think I do that. I hope I do.

There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.

It's one thing to want money, but if you find yourself choking on a coin as you wake, the money is slightly less desirable.