“It's one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace.”
“One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself.”
“It's why I am a writer...To avoid the narrow mesh of Mrs Winterson's story I had to be able to tell my own.”
“The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it. ”
“The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.”
“It's safe to assume that by 2085 guns will be sold in vending machines but you won't be able to smoke anywhere in America.”