Plans can break down. You cannot plan the future. Only presumptuous fools plan. The wise man steers.

I certainly don't sit down and plan a book out before I write it. There's a phrase I use called "The Valley Full of Clouds." Writing a novel is as if you are going off on a journey across a valley. The valley is full of mist, but you can see the top of a tree here and the top of another tree over there. And with any luck you can see the other side of the valley. But you cannot see down into the mist. Nevertheless, you head for the first tree.

Cohen looked at the forest of lances and pennants. Hundreds of thousands of men looked like quite a lot of men when you saw them close to."I suppose," he said, slowly, "that none of you has got some amazing plan you've been keeping quiet about?""We thought you had one," said Truckle.

I don't really plan. I'm almost intuitive about things.