I Write As Well As

I Was A Political Journalist; I Came To Writing Novels Through An Interest In Politics And Power.

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.

Golf Requires Only A Few Simple Rules And Regulations To Guide The Players In The True Nature Of Its Sporting Appeal. The Spirit Of The Game Is Its Own Referee.

It Is Perfectly Legitimate To Write Novels Which Are Essentially Prose Poems, But In The End, I Think, A Novel Is Like A Car, And If You Buy A Car And Grow Flowers In It, You're Forgetting That The Car Is Designed To Take You Somewhere Else.

If You Spend Too Long Trying To Avoid Death, You Will Be Dead In At Least One Way.