I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.

I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.

English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.

If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time.

We cannot love something solely because it has been ignored. It must also be worthy of our attention.

The belief that consciousness extends beyond death is surely to put more belief in the permanence of self, not less. That seems to me a comfort that you're allowing yourself.

The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.