I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.

I never could get a proper job.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.