The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.

When you commit a serious doping offence you are not eligible for lottery funding.

It's always better if you're next door. Ideas come up at the oddest times. They don't always come up in a conference call.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

I don't see myself as experimenting in any conscious way, it's perhaps that certain books require different densities of language.

I got to see first hand what he has done to make this a reality. That has been real rewarding to watch him achieve his dream.

If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.