The hardest part of ghost writing other people's stories is capturing their voices so that it isn't you talking, it's them.

The voices in my head wouldn't shut up, so I let them write their story.

In the mid-nineties, I quit my job as a senior feature writer at 'The Mail' on Sunday in the U.K. and became a 'ghost writer,' collaborating with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, soldiers and sporting legends who needed help in penning their autobiographies.

The savagery and power of Edith Wharton's ghost stories surprised me.

One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.

I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.