I Never Read In Bed, Only In

There Are So Many Characters Whizzing Around Inside My Head, It's Like Looney Tunes. But As Soon As I've Finished Writing About Them, I Completely Forget Who They Are.

London Goes Beyond Any Boundary Or Convention.it Contains Every Wish Or Word Ever Spoken, Every Action Or Gesture Ever Made, Every Harsh Or Noble Statement Ever Expressed. It Is Illimitable. It Is Infinite London.

I Enjoyed Reading And Learning At School, And At University I Enjoyed Extending My Reading And Learning. Once I Left Cambridge, I Went To Yale As A Fellow. I Spent Two Years There. After That, George Gale Made Me Literary Editor Of 'the Spectator.

Sometimes The Silences, The Gaps, Tell Us More Than Anything Else.

I Think Biography Can Be More Personal Than Fiction, And Certainly Can Be More Expressive.