Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities.

My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays the bills.

I write by stealing time. The hours in the day have never felt as if they belonged to me. The greatest number has belonged to my day job as a physician and professor of medicine - eight to 12 hours, and even more in the early days.

You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time.

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life!