When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me and my desire to want to know him and his world became almost compulsive.

Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo.

It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist.

I wanted to wear her as you would a piece of clothing, to fold into her ribs, be a stone in her mouth.

There and then, sitting beside her and within the strength of my adoration, I felt invincible.

The three things that help writing the most are living, writing, and reading. In that order.

Nothing is more acceptable than what we are born into.

I am of the firm opinion that no one should tell writers what to do, or what to write, or how to write.

And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest.

And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that 'knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest.

Can you become a man without becoming your father?

The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Twilight whippoorwill...Whistle on, sweet deepenerOf dark loneliness

[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages, behaviour, and desires.

Faith is nothing but obedience and piety.

My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself.

more you drink more you want

Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large that which is small.

I want to see the Doncaster Rovers supporters get the club the success it deserves.

When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up.