When I was editor of the Erotic Review I fielded endless phone calls from elderly readers who thought I might like to pop round in my spare time and thrash them

If my university years taught me anything, it was that the smarter a woman's background, the more primitive her bedchamber

Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.

There is no banquet but some dislike something in it.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.

I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

If you're leaving your family behind, you better believe in what you're singing.

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin.

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.