People perish. Books are immortal.

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.

For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

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.

Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

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

What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason