Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted exactly the same but completely different. I'd much rather just do something completely different even if there's a risk of it going wrong.

As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.

The way of creating believable characters is not by conforming to a set of PC rules.

I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there's a story there.

I could invent another world. I'm not terribly keen on this one.

I want my name to mean me.