I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff

I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage

I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.

People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write

The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated