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Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing.

I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed.

I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.

I write pretty quickly. Write pretty fast. I was an old press service man. That was part of the necessity of that occupation.

I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible.

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.

I employed my wife for three years to sit in the attic and type up my autobiography, 700 pages, organise everywhere I go. I'm paying the normal rate of tax on the money I take out for myself.

I've been writing full-time since 1978.

I essentially write for myself.

I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.