Humiliation scars deeper than the lash.

Two bones fell down my chimney and into the bedroom this morning. Hysterical thing to happen to a thriller writer. Murderous ravens perhaps?

Death strips all men of dignity.

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!

Memory is a great deceiver: it embroiders until naught is left but the glory and the pleasure.

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