Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

I love literature, the English language and storytelling. I also have thirty horses and seventy foxhounds to feed.

I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.

What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.

The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.