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I see myself as writing biographies, the complete story of someone's life.

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.

I'm not fond of biographies. I don't like writing about myself.

Dickens writes such brilliant characters and stories, and his themes and social commentary are still so relevant. I think that's why he's still so loved today.

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination, somewhere to go.

There are a few writers whose lives and personalities are so large, so fascinating, that there's no such thing as a boring biography of them - you can read every new one that comes along, good or bad, and be caught up in the story all over again.

After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.

A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.'

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.