I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people..

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous..

Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists..

My mother was a politician in my formative years..

I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. marie antoinette.

I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell..

King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them..

I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer..

I'm glad I was never an heiress..

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police..

If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us..