I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to university, just because I still talk in my natural voice, just because I'm not as articulate as Martin Amis.
James Herbert
For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.
I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.
I've always loved comic books. As a kid, I used to read cowboy stories and historical comics about other worlds, unknown places that would take me out of myself and which helped to develop my imagination.
I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.
I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.
I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.
I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.
I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.
I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.
I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.
I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.
