I wrote large chunks of 'The Impostor' and 'The Good Doctor' on a beach in Goa.

I first went to India because of my interest in yoga, hoping to go to the Iyengar Centre in Pune for a while. That didn't work out, but I ended up on a beach in Goa, writing.

For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.

Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.

Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.

What I don’t understand about your type is that you want to emulate the other side. You kick up such a commotion about being different, and all you want is to be the same.