I am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick in a person's mind and have an atmosphere about them.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

Some stuff which I do aren't some kind a cheats or this kind a of stuff it's about thinking and it's about how clever am I!

The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people look incredibly bright, as if they are probably off to win a Nobel prize.