I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.

There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.

I believe I have a couple of guards just outside... "Had" And some others in the doorway across the street... "Formerly" Oh...

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look.

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.

No one's policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what you think about things, and a philosophy comes.