I Only Became A Novelist

The Weight Of The Old World Is Stifling, And Trying To Shovel Its Weight Off Your Life Is Tiring Just To Think About. The Constant Shuttling Of Opinions Is Tiring, And The Shuffling Of Papers Across Desks, The Chopping Of Logic And The Trimming Of Attitudes. There Must, Somewhere, Be A Simpler, More Violent World.

I Spend A Lot Of My Time Talking To The Dead, But Since I Get Paid For It, No One Thinks I'm Mad.

Every Leader Operates Under The Threat Of Assassination.

There Is So Much Else In The World That Is More Interesting [ Than Monarchy].

I Would Have Been A Disaster As A Career Politician. I Would Never Have Toed A Party Line.