Storytelling Has A Narcotic Power.

Egyptologists, Skilled In Piecing Together The Papyri Of Lost Civilisations, Suddenly Discovered That The Same Talent Could Be Applied To Working Out The Pattern Of German Radio Traffic.

History Is What We Bring To It, Not Just The Events Themselves, But How We Interpret Those Events.

I've Always Just Wanted To Earn My Living By Writing. The Best Thing Is To Go Into My Study In The Morning And Stay There And Put Words Together.

To Say She Was My Girlfriend Was Absurd: No One The Wrong Side Of Thirty Has A Girlfriend… I Suppose I Ought To Have Realize It’s Ominous That Forty Thousand Years Of Human Language Had Failed To Produce A Word For Our Relationship.

Working 14 Hours A Day Until You're 55 And Missing Your Kids Growing Up Is Not What I Would Consider A Recipe For Happiness.