There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.

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

I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not God-made.

Like most writers, I sit in a room and scribble a story and you don't have a connection with the people who take your story, whether it be to the stage or to the screen.

We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether that was in writing, art, on the hockey field or on the football field. It's something that makes you feel - 'I can do this stuff'.

Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it!

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.