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

Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.

I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted to do, which is what we must all do in the end.

A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.

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.