“Seeing Blackpool on a dull winter's day rather spoilt my image of what seaside places were like.(From LONE WOLF, p.60)”

“Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage(From LONE WOLF, p.50)”

“Truth can be dispensed with when fantasy dominates.p.63”

“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.”

“What Douglas had once seen as the attractive over-confidence of youth, now looked more like unyielding selfishness.”

“Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.”

“He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf.”