Giles Foden

Detective fiction could not have existed without Edgar Allan Poe.

The history of ideas is littered with the corpses of those who have tried to define culture.

In Kenya, crime and terrorism are deeply linked, not least by the failure of successive Kenyan governments to control either.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.