When a chap is passionate, the readership can sense it.

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

Poetry is the arch of expression under which the heart's language is created.

The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.

History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.

I've always felt that good writing does not have to be literary.