As I have already said, amusing stories are hard to write. It’s not just a matter of picking a scatological topic and jotting down a few jokes. It’s torture coming up with a great punchline or a surprising twist. I often think that it’s like turning over pebbles on a beach – there are thousands of them and underneath just one pebble is a gem. It’s boring and hard work but you just have to keep turning them over.
