I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

Writers need each other.

It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.

My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit. But that was all he could talk about. I was desperate for someone to talk to but there was just nobody there.

I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.