“ I think you can tell when you meet someone whether they read novels. There's some hollowness if they don't. Philip Hensher
“ It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of neurological research that shows reading novels is actually good for you. It embeds you… Philip Hensher
“ It happened to some people, that obsession with throwing their clothes off at an age when it would be best to keep them on. Philip Hensher
