Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.
My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.
You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt that any of those people were really moved by it.
It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.
I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before.
Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.