Science is just magic with better PR.

I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.

The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.

Caffeine helps a lot. That and a certain amount of isolation.

My favourite member of the Beatles is Lennon. He might have been crazy. But he's my kind of crazy.

It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.