The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are.

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

It's what the reader thinks that counts.

I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

Like most men, I'm a life support system for a phallus.

I went to a British Council event a while back and there were lots of German professors of literature. About half of them were convinced I had a German sense of humour and the other half were sure it was British. They are probably still arguing about it now.

You don't really have to go anywhere in particular in New York City to have a good time. In every part of town, there's always something going on. It helps to know people there, too, because everything changes so fast, and they will be able to point out what's hot this month.