Now, what sort of person would write a scene where a young man stumbles upon a castle full only of beautiful young women? Answer: ME!

I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end.

I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.

I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.

I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe in, but once inside I couldn't help a feeling of warmth and security. Outside there were wars and road accidents and murders, striptease clubs and battered babies and frayed tempers and unhappy marriages and people contemplating suicide and bad jokes, but once in St. Martin's there was peace. Surely people go to church not to involve themselves in the world's problems but to escape from them.

I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.