We project our ideas about ourselves into the heavens and call them ideas about God.

It seems to me there's so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamt of.

You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.

Except for a few small presses, most publishers are north of Ground Zero.

Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.

We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!

It's impossible to overvalue the importance of television - both in its serious and less serious functions. It's one of our most important ways of finding out the truth - and also of changing the world, and finding out what in the world needs changing. It's also an immense bringer of joy - I learnt how to laugh through television, and now my children and I, every day of every week, share the joy and stupidity of TV shows - they actually make us HAPPY