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Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people.

Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.

I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old.

With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.

There was a best-selling book in the late '60s and '70s called 'The Adventurers' by Harold Robbins. The lead character's name was Dax. Anyone that's roughly my age that's named Dax is named from that book.

Everyone is the sum total of past experiences. A character doesn't just spring to life at age thirty.

I've always played characters that were younger than myself.

I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.

I played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of the characters I play, but I'm fine with that, and I've certainly never envied people who became hugely famous when they were young.

There are some fantastic parts for older actors.