"I have to be careful how I say this but I say I am more like an artist, which sounds a tad wanky and pretentious...."

 "I would have to say England, Ireland, and Scotland, all super underrated."

 "I like to go to extremes and blow things up a bit."

 "...write what you love, write for you and keep going no matter what people say."

 "We’ve all heard stories about the author who couldn’t get published, did it himself and sold the book from the trunk of his car..."