I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.

My parents were sixty years married.

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing.

If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.

Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.