I'm interested in art for all. I don't want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.

To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It's hard work and very rewarding but can be dangerous.

We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.

I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.

I feel like I'm away for much of my own life.

There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you'd rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you've got to have fun with it.