My Mother Did What Many Men Do.

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.

I'm Not Very Much Of A Reader Really, Because I Find Much Of It Very Bad, Very Uninteresting, Very Speculative.

We Only Have The Past That We Have. Not All Of Our Deeds Were Incorrect.

Many People Make The Mistake Of Confusing Information With Knowledge. They Are Not The Same Thing. Knowledge Involves The Interpretation Of Information. Knowledge Involves Listening.

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.