Jeffrey Archer

And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be - no, it's there every day of my life.

When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony.

I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success."

We go on a lot in this country about offences being caused by drugs. The truth is just as many offences are caused by drink. And that should be taken into account.

Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest.

Well I think after leaving prison, and having written three diaries about life in prison, it became a sort of a new challenge to write another novel, to write a new novel.

I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know.

At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.

I spent my first three weeks there on a wing with 21 murderers. I met some very evil people there but also some men who'd had no upbringing, no chance in life.

I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.