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My first novel, 'You Must be Sisters,' was started in Pakistan. I've wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there.
Psych yourself up until you're confident that the world will be interested in what happens to your characters. Confidence is key.
All novelists I speak to about how they started usually say it was by pulling up their roots and going to live somewhere else. You see the shape of... →
My parents were both writers - they would type their manuscripts sitting side by side on the veranda of our house near Watford - so I wanted to do... →
Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they... →
I am a great believer in having the power to end your life and knowing that, in extremis, you can. But I would not want to involve anybody else in my... →
I feel as if someone is going to come along, feel my collar and say: 'Do you really think you can get people to read books you've made up... →
I found Hollywood pretty bruising and uncreative. The executives are all in thrall to the boss, and spend their times double-guessing him or her, and... →
I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about turning 60 yet, but so... →
I work every day from 9:30 or so until lunchtime. In the afternoons, I become a normal person - go shopping and do the garden and look after my... →
Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it aside. Go for a swim, go... →
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