All Men Are Born Free: Just Not

I Don't Think That There Are Very Many Good Writers Who Don't Live Without A Sense Of Tension. If They Haven't Got One Immediately Available To Them, Then They Usually Manage To Manufacture It In Their Private Lives.

The Religious Cant That Will Send American Troops Into Battle Is Perhaps The Most Sickening Aspect Of This Surreal War-to-be. Bush Has An Arm-lock On God. And God Has Very Particular Political Opinions. God Appointed America To Save The World In Any Way That Suits America. God Appointed Israel To Be The Nexus Of America's Middle Eastern Policy, And Anyone Who Wants To Mess With That Idea Is A) Anti-semitic, B) Anti-american, C) With The Enemy, And D) A Terrorist.

Completing A Book, It's A Little Like Having A Baby.... There's A Feeling Of Relief And Satisfaction When You Get To The End. A Feeling That You Have Brought Your Family, Your Characters, Home. Then A Sort Of Post-natal Depression And Then, Very Quickly, The Horizon Of A New Book. The Consolation That Next Time I Will Do It Better.

Never Trade A Secret, You'll Always Get The Short End Of The Bargain.

I Am Still Making Order Out Of Chaos By Reinvention.