Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
All writers are obviously neurotic... For various reasons, writers retreat into an imaginary world because they find ordinary life rather difficult or… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I make a rod for my own back because people see my novels as quasi documentaries. But it is never history that's… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge of death,… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
All writers are obviously neurotic... For various reasons, writers retreat into an imaginary world because they find ordinary life rather difficult or boring or… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I don't have doctrinaire views about how we should relate to Asia. But novelists reflect the world they live in, and that world propels… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
Writers to some extent are childish, and it's at the childish level that one really engages with any experience. What really moves you is… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
Basically, it comes down to this: do you believe in God, or don't you believe in God. — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I've known several spies who have wanted to become novelists. And novelists who became spies, of course. — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
When I grew up in Tasmania, you thought that London was home. You waited to go to England as soon as you graduated, in… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book. — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I don't believe novels should carry an obvious message. I don't want to write characters you can immediately say are good or bad; as… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I make a rod for my own back because people see my novels as quasi documentaries. But it is never history that's the main… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
