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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.

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

I tend to push whatever is looking over my shoulder away when I am writing. It's once the box of books arrive that I say I'm going to be pilloried for this or that. But then you realize it's done, and there is nothing I can do. I'm proud of the book.

I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.

I never want to deal with a book once I'm finished writing.

My first book was a car crash. I tried to find all the copies and destroy them.

I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.