To be desired by those who are themselves highly desirable is in itself an aphrodisiac.

As a reader I like both great characterization and fast moving plots. The challenge is to balance the both and not compromise one for the other.

So many of man's actions appear to have no immediate consequence but, concealed, do their work until finally all catches up and forms a complex web of cause and effect.

You must appreciate that love is the last reason for which a man marries.

Starting a new novel is a little like starting a new relationship - you have to be prepared to commit for at least three years and put up with the domestic tedium as well as the emotional highs!

It seems to me that women are freed from their responsibilities only when they are merry widows or eccentric old spinsters.

Death strips all men of dignity.