I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.

I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'.

But that in any city, in any cluster of people, there a few people who are awake at this hour, who are both awake and dancing, and it’s here that we need to be.

When I'm doing work online or on the computer, it's one thing. When I want to read, I want to go elsewhere, and I want to be away from the screen.

We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.

How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting.

Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane.