What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

Youth goes caparisoned in immortality.

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.

Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.

Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.

however long we have to live, there are never enough springs.

There are two options for any society: total prohibition as in a totalitarian state, or total license. Both avoid the ardours of decision. Both have the attraction of certainty. The difficult option is to decide where the line should be drawn and this, surely, is the responsiblity of any civilized and democratic country.