Lucy Hawking

I think the human race doesn't have a future if we don't go into space. We need to expand our horizons beyond planet Earth if we are to have a long-term future.

I'm not saying it never occurred to me to want to write a masterpiece, but I really doubt I could.

I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

As a child I wanted to be a ballerina, ice-cream van owner, wife of George Michael, a nun, and a music conductor.