Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.

Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but that's my problem

I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either

The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet.

Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant.

I try and do 2,500 words a day, every day of the year

At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance