Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.

Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.

Madness is just what a genius looks like to a tiny mind.

An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.

I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings!

The Doctor: Oh, now what's this, then? I love this. A big, flashy-lighty thing. That's what brought me here. Big, flashy-lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually, but give me time... and a crayon.

I think training in comedy, as it were, a history writing comedy, is a powerful tool for anyone.