An Oppressed People Will Always Rise.

Although I Never Marched Through The Streets Shouting For Mao, I Do Believe That The Liberation Of China At The End Of The 1940s Was A Wonderful Thing And To Provide Its People With A Billion Pairs Of Shoes And Trousers Was A Fantastic Achievement.

When Someone Asks Me To List The 10 Best Novels Ever Written, I Always Refuse To Answer.

It Struck Me As I Listened To Those Two Men That A Truer Nomination (name) For Our Species Than Homo Sapiens Might Be Homo Narrans, The Storytelling Person. What Differentiates Us From Animals Is The Fact That We Can Listen To Other People’s Dreams, Fears, Joys, Sorrows, Desires And Defeats–and They In Turn Can Listen To Ours.

It’s Only When We Can Work With Something That Brings Out Our Strengths That We’re Of Any Real Use.

I Work In An Old Tradition That Goes Back To The Ancient Greeks. You Hold A Mirror To Crime To See What's Happening In Society. I Could Never Write A Crime Story Just For The Sake Of It, Because I Always Want To Talk About Certain Things In Society.