We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is.

But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all.

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.

I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

If, like Harry Keogh, I could talk to the dead - God, there are an awful lot of people I would like to speak to! Not least my father. Being in the army for 22 years, I didnt see enough of him, and I know there are a great many things I could have learned from him.