I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.

It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due.

It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.

I think it can be quite impossible to think well of yourself, so I prefer not to think about that too much. But I am very pleased, obviously.

I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.

Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.

Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?