“As a self described idealistic I never consider myself as single. I like to say that I’m in between romances at the moment.”

“I never for a moment considered killing myself, because it wouldn't have achieved anything.”

“I'm incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn't want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I'd never experienced it.”

“Explaining the moment of connection between a reader and book to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to describe sex to a virgin.”

“I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.”

“I look like a watermelon with a great slice hacked out. I say to myself, it's just another border post on the frontier between medicine and greengrocery; growths and tumour seem always to be described as "the size of a plum" or "the size of a grapefruit".”