Suicide Leaves Everyone Feeling Guilty.

It's When You've Stopped Writing And Are Doing Other Things, Especially When You're Asleep, That The Real Work Is Done.

The True Currency Of Life Is Time, Not Money, And We've All Got A Limited Stock Of That.

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

In A Way I'm Almost More Rueful About The Notion Of Having A Non-ideological Labour Party Than I Am About The Personality Of Tony Blair.

My Literary Career Was A Fluke. Utterly Unexpected.