A Person Is A Fool To Become

When You're Writing A Book, It's Rather Like Going On A Very Long Walk, Across Valleys And Mountains And Things [...] The Highest Mountain On The Walk Is Obviously The End Of The Book, Because It's Got To Be The Best View Of All, When Everything Comes Together And You Can Look Back And See That Everything You've Done All Ties Up. But It's A Very, Very Long, Slow Process.

Fiona Has The Same Glacial Beauty Of An Iceburg, But Unlike The Iceburg She Has Absolutely Nothing Below The Surface.

Writing Is Mainly Perspiration, Not Inspiration.

You'll Never Get Anywhere If You Go About What-iffing Like That.

I Was A Fighter Pilot, Flying Hurricanes All Round The Mediterranean. I Flew In The Western Desert Of Libya, In Greece, In Syria, In Iraq And In Egypt.