“I have almost completed a long novel, but it is unpublishable until my death and England's.”

“I'm fighting a long term disease it's called Death and I will have it until I take my last breath”

“[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better. All day long when I was busy [...], I had my unfinished novel personified almost as a secret companion and accomplice following me like a shadow wherever I went, whatever I did.”

“By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be.”

“Like any good novel, it lulled him into an almost tranquil state of awareness before it jolted him - it caught him completely by surprise.”

“Lord Grantham: ‘My dear fellow. We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished.”