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.

And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.

I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

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

As for thinking time versus writing time, well, that's up to you. But - and I wish it were otherwise - books don't get written by thinking about them, they get written by writing them. And that's when you make discoveries about what you're writing. That's when you get the happy accidents.

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.

I was not happy as a child, although from time to time I was content. I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.