Doubt Is Faith's Shadow.

All My Friends Who Wanted To Write Had Got Nowhere Trying To Write The Great European Novel. So I Deliberately Steered Clear Of That And Set Out To Write Something Story-led.

In Most Sports, Your Brain And Your Body Will Cooperate... But In Rock Climbing, It Is The Other Way Around. Your Brain Doesn't See The Point In Climbing Upwards. Your Brain Will Tell You To Keep As Low As Possible, To Cling To The Wall And Not Get Any Higher. You Have To Have Your Brain Persuading Your Body To Do The Right Movements.

Doubt Is Faith's Shadow.

. We Have This Attitude That People Become Drug Addicts Against Their Will. That They Couldn’t Possibly Want This Kind Of Life. But Maybe That’s Not True. Maybe They Don’t Want To Live Like Other People — It Just Wouldn’t Suit Them.

The Only Pressure I Feel Is To Write Good Books. And To Not Replicate The Previous Book. Whether You Have A Thousand Readers Or A Million Readers It Doesn't Change The Pressure. I Never Feel Tempted To Give The Reader What I Think The Reader Wants.