I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

Storytelling has a narcotic power.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them!

Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together.