People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance

People who want to make a million borrow a million first

The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees.

You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.

Wow. I've never been a VIP before. I've never even been a IP.

You panicked". Venetia's voice is suddenly throbbing, as though she can't control a long-buried anger. "You panicked, Luke, and we lost the best relationship that we had. Everyone was jealous of us at Cambridge, everyone. We were perfect together." We weren't perfect!" He looks at her incredulously. "And I didn't panic---" You did! You couldn't cope with the commitment! It frightened you!" It did not frighten me!" Luke shouts, exasperated. "It made me realize you weren't the person I wanted to have children with. Or spend the rest of my life with. Ever. And that's why I ended it!

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.