I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

It really fascinates me what white people are allowed to write about.

You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.

I write to explore something that fascinates me, and I write the way I do because it is the only way I know how to write.

Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend Kath, a stylist, puts me into things I'd never dream of. But my real life is very different. It's very, very home-based - an intense domestic life, that's the core of everything.

British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.