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.

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.

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.

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.

I have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job.

These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.