Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim.

If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.

It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish; that to do otherwise is to legitimize it.

Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy.

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.

I didn't become a writer to write about me.

The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.