I Dislike Pastiche; It Attracts Attention To

I Think I Would Have Been A Reasonably Good Lawyer. I Have A Faculty For Making Sense Of Mountains Of Information.

Like Every Writer, I'm Drawn By Unlikely Juxtapositions, Precisely-dated And Once-only Collisions Between People From Different Worlds.

I Do Myself Think That History Is A Set Of Skills Rather Than A Narrative.

I Am Very Happy In Second-hand Bookshops; Would A Gardener Not Be Happy In A Garden?

One Of The Ideals [margaret Thatcher] Grew Up With Was Self-denial And Postponement Of Gratification, And Yet She Went About To Create A Greedy, Short-term Society. It Is A Paradox.