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If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.

Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.

Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death.

Death is present every day in our lives. It's not that I take pleasure in the morbid fascination of it, but it is a fact of life.

Thinking about death makes you analyse what life is. Anxiety makes you curious, and curiosity leads to understanding. I wouldn't be a writer without depression.

I think about dying a lot, every time I fall asleep on a train or a plane I expect to wake up to a crash!

I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted imagination. The truth is, I haven't had a hugely eventful life - maybe I'm compensating in my creative life. Or maybe I'm just a bit sick.

I often think about death, and it saddens me to leave this world and not be able to paint more. I love it so much.