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I collect books - a lot of books.

When I had worked on my first book, I had readily shown bits and pieces to everyone - for encouragement, to force myself to write.

My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my mind.

There are books all around me... I don't read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going.

I feel I've got 10 books in me.

I collect books, primarily first-edition 20th-century fiction.

I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.