I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.

We have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.

That's what this war is all about, my friend. It's about which of us is the crazier.And clearly you British have an advantage.You were crazy beforehand.

There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?

Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.

If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer.

I don't consciously try to take my readers on a journey as I don't really think about my readers when I'm writing. I just try to write what I feel passionately about, to tell a story down onto the page.