I'm not a journalist any more. I don't have to stick a microphone up somebody's nostril and I don't have a camera lens behind my shoulder, I think pe….

I usually am accused of having a crystal ball into which I can gaze and look into the future..

I am one of the world's dreadful technophobes. I was on the internet, but it's broken down and I've unplugged it..

Research, for me, it's trying to get a mood, a mood of a place and style of people and it's also trying to boost my confidence and get the adrenalin ….

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

We all hope that TV will bring something added to the book - not just an audience - it will bring an interpretation and skills that you may not have ….

Very rarely does anyone say that the TV is better than the book..

I don't tend to redraft, I will try to tidy it up, but basically I feel what I write down first has got the impetus, it may be clumsy, it may be repe….

The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure..