When I Was 23 I Started Writing

My Father, Who Was A Sergeant In The Raf During The Second World War, Was Killed In A Hitchhiking Accident While Returning Home On Compassionate Leave. As A Result, My Mother Had To Get Work, As A Nurse, And At Seven The Raf Put Me Into A Boarding School And Ex-orphanage Called The Royal Wolverhampton School.

Well We Were Lucky Because We Started In Canada Where Everybody Has A Sense Of Humour! We Flirted A Little While With Josh Groban. He Was Personally Interested In It. He Said Oh I'd Love To Do Something Different, And I Said Well It's Pretty Different! But In The End The Dates Didn't Work Out.

Writers Tend To Suffer From Back Problems Because They Spend Their Time Bent Over A Desk.

My First Professional Job Was Appearing In A Disastrous Theatre Production Of Oh, What A Lovely War In Leicester Rep, Shortly After Leaving Cambridge.

Even If You've Written Something For Print, I Think It's Good To Try [it] Out On Someone Because It Changes. You Can Think It's Hilarious And They Can Tell You It's Not.