I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade before you were born.

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in order to go and front the choir who were singing at the same occasion. She left the stage halfway through the Crucifixion.