Peter Ackroyd : (2) " My great fear has always been complete and utter failure. Hence, you see, all the dispossessed people in my fiction, and why I try to earn as much money as I can. It’s a defense. I don’t enjoy it or do anything with it. " - Peter Ackroyd " I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive. " - Peter Ackroyd