She's half mad and three parts drunk.

- William Boyd

I let people off the hook too easily.

- William Boyd

There's a sense in all my novels that nothing is certain.

- William Boyd

I have to start my real life soon, before I die of boredom and frustration.

- William Boyd

The last thing you know about yourself is your effect.

- William Boyd

When you experience bereavement at a youngish age, you suddenly realise that life is unjust and unfair, that bad things will happen, and you have to …

- William Boyd

It's true: lives do drift apart for no obvious reason. We're all busy people,we can't spend our time simply trying to stay in touch. The test of a fr…

- William Boyd

We never love anyone. Not really. We only love our idea of another person. It is some conception of our own that we love. We love ourselves, in fact.

- William Boyd

The last thing we ever learn about ourselves is our effect.

- William Boyd