“I don't like the word 'alcoholic'. I like to think of myself as an advanced drinker.”

“I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the day."(Interview with The Booklovers blog, September 2010)”

“With the money I spend on alcohol, I could support a family of four, assuming they are all heavy drinkers.”

“I don't like to think of myself as a 'virgin'. I prefer to think of myself as 'sexually incomplete'. You know. Like I haven't finished the course yet.”

“Don't get me started on the term literary fiction. I think the idea is that there are some books who know how to order from a wine list and some who don't. I like wine, but I prefer the company of beer drinkers any day.”

“I don't like myself you know. I love myself. I'm devoted to myself till my dying day. But I don't like myself.”