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.

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

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.

And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be - no, it's there every day of my life.

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.

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