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 you, to some extent. I'm a creature of the British Empire, and of the period of… — 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 at the very personal, childish level of the imagination. My business is the imagination, and my… — 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
