All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado.
I think acting is a fun thing because you get to have so many lifetimes in one lifetime, being all these different people.
Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.

