Bonds are the short-term safe haven.

Like other markets, the U.K. has made a remarkably good recovery from the depression three weeks ago and arguably they have got ahead of themselves.

Why be a hero in these markets?

In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There's so much more freedom in fiction writing.

I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long train rides and layovers in foreign airports. All of which call for escaping into really long books.

When you need a good laugh, do you reach for a book? I don't. I expect books to move me deeply and submerge me in another reality. So when a novel makes me roar with laughter, it's always a delightful surprise.