It Was A Clear, Starry

I Am Not Afraid Of Dying. I Have Lived Longer Than Most People In The World. What Scares Me Is To Have A Body That Works But A Brain That Is Waving Goodbye. If That Happens, I Hope I Die Quickly.

I Can Still Remember. I Was Ill, And I Was Seven, And My Father Didn't Want Me To Just Read Children's Books. He Came With Conan Doyle. I Tried, And I Liked It. I Think The First I Read Was 'the Sign Of The Four'; 'study In Scarlet' Was The Next One. Then I Guess I Stayed Home A Few Extra Days From School To Read.

One Of The Agonies Of Being An Author Is To Know When To Stop Writing.

You Can Have More Than One Home. You Can Carry Your Roots With You, And Decide Where They Grow.

I'm Not Very Much Of A Reader Really, Because I Find Much Of It Very Bad, Very Uninteresting, Very Speculative.