Crime Fiction Is A Genre For Writing

I Write Something That I Believe I've Made Up, And It's Only When A Friend Later Points It Out To Me That I Realise I've Been Writing About Myself Again.

I Think My Heart Is Quite Selfish. If I Followed My Heart, I Would Not Be A Good Person. But I Have Moral Principles. I Have To Sit Down And Reflect.

Christian Ethics Demand That You Should Not Take Revenge. The Paradox Is, Naturally, That Christians Worship A God Who Is The Greatest Avenger Of Them All. Defy Him And You Burn In Eternal Hell, An Act Of Revenge Which Is Completely Out Of Proportion To The Crime

As A Writer, You Have To Believe You're One Of The Best Writers In The World. To Sit Down Every Day At The Typewriter Filled With Self-doubt Is Not A Good Idea.

When I Was A Teenager, My Father Went Bust. He Could Have Declared Himself Bankrupt, But He Was An Honourable Man And He Insisted On Paying Back All His Debts. That Almost Ruined The Family. I Was Aware That My Mother And Father Couldn't Control Things Anymore. I Guess I Was Afraid That We Would End Up On The Street.