Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.

Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.

Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books.

Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine.

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.

These are not big corporations buying these parcels. It's working-class people trying to put their money somewhere it will make them a return.