It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

I put my soul into every book I write.

It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.

Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I'm a manipulator as well.

When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't make much fuss.

I'm not a good father and they're not children any more; the eldest is in his fifties. My relationship with their mothers broke down and, because of what the law was, they went with their mothers and were imbued with their mothers' morality in life and they were not my people any more.