I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End.'

I worked for the BBC's rival, ITV, the commercial network. What was great about it was that due to regulatory wrinkles, there was a lot of money that had to be…

I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensi…

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

When I'm doing the first draft, I have a so-much-a-day schedule. But when I start putting it on the computer I can get carried away, and I try to go as far as …

My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.