It's really odd that I've got this kind of sullen reputation - I never saw myself that way.

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

Hugo Boss is my kind of label.

People either think I'm this totally savage, idiot-savant genius guy who's lucked out or they think I'm a super-manipulative crafty businessman, this kind of MBA guy who's spotted a gap in the market and knows how to create a product for it. It's flattering, but I've not got that much of a gameplan.

I'm trying to make really flawed characters that have got redeeming features so people can say, 'I don't really like that character, but I can understand a bit where they've come from.'

Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.