War and Peace maddens me because I didn't write it myself, and worse, I couldn't.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

Exclusive will not be published in book format.

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

Well I think after leaving prison, and having written three diaries about life in prison, it became a sort of a new challenge to write another novel, to write a new novel.

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.