“I was every mother's nightmare - I was a hair model from 14, and I sta...” — Toyah Willcox Quote

I was every mother's nightmare - I was a hair model from 14, and I started coming home with red, blue, green hair.

I've always played all the old songs. I'd go and see Peter Gabriel or Madonna and be surprised if they didn't play all the hits. People don't want to come and hear the B-sides.

My mother is not a naturally happy person and is very complex. She won't allow any of us to touch her. Not even my father hugs her. And, as a family, we never kiss each other. Yet we do have a close relationship.

I am very wealthy and I could nurture a child very well.

Until I was seven, I was very close to my mother because I was so ill and she had to teach me how to walk and talk. But then she had another child, a little girl called Fleur, who died. When she came home from hospital there was a bit of a distance between us. It was never talked about again.

The thing about living without a father if he's always gone is that it takes a long time to realize he isn't coming home.

My kids are just waiting for me at home. I'm their father. They're wondering, 'When's Daddy coming home?'

It's very important to know that we packed it right because it is a safety issue for coming home.

'A Head Full of Ghosts' was my first full horror novel, and that felt like coming home as a writer.

This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.