Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

The best cure for racism is to have somebody shoot at you. Man, it does not matter then what color the arse is that comes to save yours-black or white, you're ready to give it a big fat kiss.

People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for a bit. I trained to be a chartered accountant, which I didn't much enjoy, and it was only slowly that the idea of becoming a creative writer gelled.

Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held in awe by young boys who aspire to their lifestyle.

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.

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.