There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph or painting.
The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble.
It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.
A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.
History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.
The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events and online. Down with the isolation of writers I say! And long live Twitter.