Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.

My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.

If you spend too long trying to avoid death, you will be dead in at least one way.

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.

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.

You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.

[Boxer is] the ultimate tool for the serious pro' that can't afford the time and patience to mess around with lesser products.