But Only A Fool Sails Into Combat

I've Always Just Wanted To Earn My Living By Writing. The Best Thing Is To Go Into My Study In The Morning And Stay There And Put Words Together.

But Clever People All Make One Mistake. They All Think Everyone Else Is Stupid. And Everyone Isn't Stupid. They Just Take A Bit More Time, That's All.

I Was A Political Journalist; I Came To Writing Novels Through An Interest In Politics And Power.

Egyptologists, Skilled In Piecing Together The Papyri Of Lost Civilisations, Suddenly Discovered That The Same Talent Could Be Applied To Working Out The Pattern Of German Radio Traffic.

Their Souls Were Contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, Spiders And Vampires: That Was What Lenin Called Them.