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The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.

I love writing about monsters and food.

I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I should write a cookbook' or, 'I should write for food magazines.' And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again.

I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.

Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast.

I love food. I mean, I really love food. I take pictures of my finest, funniest and most fascinating dishes, post them on Twitter, and send them to friends. I treat menus like classic literature, refusing to skip even one word. I read the description of every item, regardless of whether or not I'm interested in eating it.

I write in the morning - and then I'm always experimenting and tasting recipes for the books.