I've Always Loved Mysteries, The

Everyone Said, 'well, You're Very Old For A First Novel,' And I Said, 'how Do You Write When You Haven't Lived? How Do You Write When You Have No Experience? How Do You Write Straight Out Of University?

Time Was A Thief, He Stole Your Life Away From You And The Only Way You Could Get It Back Was To Outwit Him And Snatch It Right Back.

(although Anyone With Half A Brain Must Surely Be Mired In Existential Gloom All The Time)

You Can Step In The Same River But The Water Will Always Be New.

Become Such As You Are, Having Learned What That Is.