People's Lives Are In The

Ten Thousand Pounds Is The Legal Value Of A Negligently Taken Life, Of A Child Or A Parent. A Cold And Somewhat Mean-spirited Calculation: You Would Do Better If You Slipped On A Paving-stone And Broke A Front Tooth.

One Good Reason For Writing Novels Based On Your Life Is That You Have Something To Read In Old Age When You've Forgotten What Happened.

I Met Richard Burton, An Raf Cadet On A Two-term Course. I Would Have Flirted More Enthusiastically If It Had Not Been For The Horrid Boils On The Back Of His Neck.

People's Lives Are In The Care Of The Railways When They Get On A Train. The Railways Should Remember That.

I Grew Up On A Suburban Street With Lace Curtains And Dull Neighbours, So I Made Up Stories To Tell My Friend, In Which They Became Serial Killers And Burglars. She Told Her Mother, Who Then Told Mine.