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.

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

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.

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

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

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.

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