I Write Fiction. I Make Things Up,

Being His Real Brother I Could Feel I Live In His Shadows, But I Never Have And I Do Not Now. I Live In His Glow.

Unless You Can Be In A Place Yourself And Go Through The Subject Of Your Story Yourself, The Next Best Thing Is Not To Read A Book About It, Or See A Movie About It, It's To Talk To The People Who've Been There.

I Don't Consciously Try To Take My Readers On A Journey As I Don't Really Think About My Readers When I'm Writing. I Just Try To Write What I Feel Passionately About, To Tell A Story Down Onto The Page.

One Of The Great Failings Of Our Education System Is That We Tend To Focus On Those Who Are Succeeding In Exams, And There Are Plenty Of Them. But What We Should Also Be Looking At, And A Lot More Urgently, Is Those Who Fail.

Encouraging Young People To Believe In Themselves And Find Their Own Voice Whether It's Through Writing, Drama Or Art Is So Important In Giving Young People A Sense Of Self-worth.