I do always know where I'm going in my books. I know the endpoint. I've written only two thousand words of my next novel but I know what the ending will be already.

At the moment we seem to be heading in the opposite direction. However you dress it up, it's pretty obvious who is being affected by the government's cuts.

When I start writing for the day, I usually read aloud the chapter I'm working on. It gets me into it and illuminates mistakes. I'm very rhythm conscious and I do enjoy repetition.

New technologies are a good thing but we must consider how they will impact on us so that, when they become achievable, they aren't allowed to run amok.

What I imagined doesn't require anti-gravity beams or anything too spectacular, just advances in analysing different genes, finding out what they can do and recombining them.

I debated whether or not to pin the setting down to a particular date but in the end I decided to leave things vague. It depends how fast technology improves.

Dreaming is good—especially if you dream when you are awake. Remember dreams will remain a dream if you don’t act on them.

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

This senate was a place where good Representatives went when they died. Thomas Reed

Language is the light of the mind.

If you can make the day, you can do whatever you want.

Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened

A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.

I had the greatest sparring partners, I had the greatest sparring team. And these guys they wrapped me up a lot. I never got the chance to get off on them.

I don't have a life-style, I have a life.

Your thinking today determines your performance today.