Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly.

Early to bed and early to rise," Mazer intoned, "makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes.

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.

A weak King must be what other Kings have been; a strong King is himself, and from then on the meaning of the name of King is changed.

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.