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Being packed all the time, even when not in use, must feel something like going to bed on an empty stomach.

Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed.

So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life.

I sleep better on the road than I do at home. I'm used to sleeping in a million different hotels. I'm not home very often, so when I get home, I have things I want to do.

You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

Ever tried to get sleep in a hospital? Ever wonder if anyone even taught them what care is? Some hospitals are great, but some sure aren't.

For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

I spend a lot of time in my bed. It's a good comfy one with a tartan bedspread. It's the only place I can read without straining my neck, and I take an afternoon nap, which is my reward for making enough money from my writing now not to have to work. I never get up in the morning before 11.30.