I like to come into my workspace and feel its a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.

I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.

My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.

When Im writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids havent left me.

Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition.

Remove all the traffic lights, yellow lines, one-way systems and road markings, and let blissful anarchy prevail. I imagine it would produce a kind of harmony.

When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.