"What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?" she asked. "To believe that your children will be just like you."

I love inside jokes. I hope to be a part of one some day.

I am a writer (and one day I'll be an author). For a long time I was a bookseller (who wrote) or a TV producer (who wrote), but for the last decade or so, its been "writer."

I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more YA, which is such a great genre to write it. I don't have a favourite (I usually say it's the last book I've written), but certain books do stick in the mind. My very first YA novel, The Children of Lir, will always be special to me, and, of course The Alchemyst because it was a series I'd wanted to write for ages.

I'm not a bad guy... I'm just good guy that runs over women with his car.

I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights.

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.