I Love Mikhail Bulgakov. He

I Think The Negative Traits Are What Makes Us Love Other Human Beings, The Foibles And The Flaws.

In The 'garnethill' Trilogy, People Always Forget That Maureen O'donnell's Dad Was A Journalist And She Did Art History At Uni And Her Brother Did Law, But No-one Ever Thinks They're Middle-class - They're Just Working Class Because They Speak With Accents.

Novelisation Doesn't Imply The Truth. Readers Are Sophisticated Enough To Know That.

I Have Two Children. They Are More Fun Than Anything In The World, And It's More Immediate Fun Than The Hard Slog Of Writing.

I Love Mikhail Bulgakov. He Is Very Original And Takes The Story To Unexpected Places. I Didn't Realise Political Writing Could Be So Funny.