“Like some people in life, a lot of my characters have no future.”

“Some of the stuff that I write really concerns me. If I'm not institutionalised by 30 I'll seriously question the judgement of my friends and family.”

“Writing is my own personal therapy. It's cheaper than a real shrink and I get to kill people off when I grow bored of them.”

“When all is said and done, I hope people will judge me by who I am, not by what I've written.”

“I'm a fiction writer not by choice, but by necessity. It's the only way I can say what I want without having to admit it's the truth.”

“I write what I feel, fiction with a twist of truth. I don't write because I want to, I write because I have to.”

“Every success I have ever had or will have in the future comes not solelyfrom my own ambition and hard work, but also from those that have encouraged,supported and challenged me. Success is never, ever a one person job.”