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.

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

We all make mistakes but one has to move on.

I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.

I want to be your stranger across a crowded room.

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.

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.