“Sixteen years as a freelance features journalist taught me that neithe...” — Jim Crace Quote

“Sixteen years as a freelance features journalist taught me that neither the absence of 'the Muse' nor the presence of 'the block' should be allowed to hinder the orderly progress of a book.”

“Privately, I'm thrilled with what I do, but publicly, I hold it in disdain.”

“When people asked me what I did, I'd say, 'I work in publishing', and when they then say, 'What side of it?', I say, 'Supply' - no doubt leaving them to think I drive the books around in a van and deliver them.”

“True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.”

“With the absence of a flu vaccination last year, I did not take a flu shot; but there is still some immunity that carries over from year to year; but about every 30 years, there is a major change in the genetics of the flu virus.”

“Over the last couple of decades, the personalization of the office changed dramatically... there's an informality people often take for the absence of rules - which it's not.”