Normally book ideas come to me in a moment.

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less!

It was not a house where secrets could be kept easily.

I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.

Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.