It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.

The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.

Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

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.

Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.

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.