She glanced across to where Tilly and her brand new husband were posing for photographs, Tilly fluttering a fan coquettishly in front of her face. 'Unfortunately I didn't realise there was a French Revolutionary theme.' 'The Marie-Antoinette thing?' said Dexter. 'Well at least we know there'll be cake.

Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen.

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

It's hard to overestimate the teenage appetite for high drama.

…and you smile back and try not to think about the fact that you have nothing, absolutely nothing, to say to each other.

I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember.

Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away.