I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.

Even those with unspendable fortunes only have one mind, one mouth, two ears, two eyes and one pleasure station. There's only so much fun you can take.

As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure people know it's out there, they can make up their own minds whether they want to read it.

The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

Once you've been backstage at a theater, the theater is never the same for you. Once you've noticed the crack in the vase, the vase is never the same for. Once you've seen a friend do something appalling, the friendship is never the same. That does not mean you won't go to the theater, or keep the vase or the friend. You can choose.

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.