If You Can't Return A Favor, Pass

When I Was A Child And Teenager I Read Whenever I Had The Opportunity, But Since Then I've Found It Hard To Read As Much As I'd Like, Children, Work, And Pets All Providing Powerful Incentives To Escape Into A Book And A Practical Reason Why I Rarely Do So.

Don't Write The Book You Think Publishers Want To Commission. Plenty Of Other Writers Will Be Doing The Same Thing.

I Have A Good Collection Of Cookery Books. This Is Not So Much Because I Like Cooking, But Because I Like Eating.

Reading Is My Greatest Luxury.

Every Year I Teach Dozens Of Students At The University Of Birmingham. Most Of The Students On The Gender And Sexuality Courses Are Women. I Guess This Is Because The Boys Don't Think That Gender Applies To Them: That It's A Subject For Girls.