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.

I never could get a proper job.

Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesnt come any more marked than here.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention.

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

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.