I Write My Books In

I Read All Of Rider Haggard's Books. For Me He Had The Romance Of Africa With A Little Bit Of Mysticism. I'm Delighted To Be Looked On As His Heir And Be Categorised As An Adventure Novelist Because That's Exactly What I Am.

People Don't Really Know Themselves Until They're 30. Like Most People Nowadays, I Went To University, Got A Degree And Wandered For A Bit. I Trained To Be A Chartered Accountant, Which I Didn't Much Enjoy, And It Was Only Slowly That The Idea Of Becoming A Creative Writer Gelled.

It Was This Same Jesus, The Christ Who, Among Many Other Remarkable Things, Said And Repeated Something Which, Proceeding From Any Other Being Would Have Condemned Him At Once As Either A Bloated Egotist Or A Dangerously Unbalanced Person...when He Said He Himself Would Rise Again From The Dead, The Third Day After He Was Crucified, He Said Something That Only A Fool Would Dare Say, If He Expected Longer The Devotion Of Any Disciples-unless He Was Sure He Was Going To Rise. No Founder Of Any World Religion Known To Men Ever Dared Say A Thing Like That!

My First Novel Was Rejected By Some Of The Most Eminent Publishers In The World. Starting Again Was A Real Wrench.

Quite Frankly, I Think Political Correctness Is The Worst Form Of Censorship. You're Not Allowed To Speak Your Mind Unless You're Black, Or Unless You're A Terrorist, Or Unless You're An Arab Or A Minority People. Then You Can Say What You Like. But If You Are Like A Lot Of Us You Are Not Supposed To Say Certain Things.