“I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a C...” — James Herbert Quote

“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'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.”

“I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.”

“I was brought up in a family which valued natural history. Both my parents knew the names of all the British wildflowers, so as we went walking the country, I was constantly being exposed to a natural history sort of knowledge.”

“Both my parents developed dementia in their old age. Everyone I know whose parents had dementia feel that they didn't deal with it very well.”

“I'm very careful with money - both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver.”