Silence is golden for me. I live in the country and hear only my pets, birds, crickets, and the wind in the trees.

I relish the time I have when there are no interruptions. Most often the best time for writing is late at night.

Silence is golden for me. I live in the country and hear only my pets, birds, crickets, and the wind in the trees.

I am not interested in having somebody telling that what I have to water down my message or that some advertising person would not like it.

I realised what a powerful position you are in if you own the rights to your film because then you control the distribution and I ended up getting 25 million viewers for McLibel and that's what it's all about for me.

I've always loved J.R.R. Tolkein and recently, Christine Feehan and J.K.Rowling. There are many as I'm an avid reader, but those three come to the fore.

I have precognitive dreams such as the year my brother's apartment caught fire and he lost everything. I'd dreamt it two months before. Alas, though I warned him, it still happened. Thankfully no one was harmed. I also read Tarot cards, mostly for fun.