I Did Keep A Travel Diary Once

I Can Kid People, Including Myself, Into Believing That Something On The Page Will Work. But When You Film It, You Just Think, "oh ...".

The Key Relationship For Writers In Film Is Producers, Because Those Are The First Two People Involved And The Ones Who Work On It Intensely In A Private Way Without The Big Machinery Of Film.

If I'd Learnt One Thing From Travelling, It Was That The Way To Get Things Done Was To Go Ahead And Do Them. Don't Talk About Going To Borneo. Book A Ticket, Get A Visa, Pack A Bag, And It Just Happens.

The Success That Comes From My Books Is Not Something I Feel Very Comfortable With. Past A Certain Point You Have To Accept The Idea That The Success Is A Lot To Do With The Timing And Luck And That Divorces You From It Massively. There Are Aspects Of It That I Haven't Got Used To At All. But I've Enjoyed Some Parts Of It Massively. It Relates To The Same Reason I Did A Lot Of Backpacking — Partly For The Experience — It's Something To Tell My Grandkids. It's A Weird Chain Of Events To Have In Your Life.

I've Never Been To Comic-con, But I'm Certainly Aware From This Side Of The Atlantic That It's A Very Important Part Of Film Marketing Now, Even When The Films Are Not Directly Linked To A Comic.