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I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.
If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business.
It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money.
It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.
My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.
My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.
One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.
Orwell has always been a huge influence on me.
The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.
There's nothing more interesting than the details of someone's life.
Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond price.
Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.
Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.