Quotes from Tom Fletcher

Doing that on my own, the idea of touring on my own does not excite me very much.

We live in an age where kids are so familiar with screens, I wanted to show that with a little imagination a book can be just as interactive.

I love reading interviews that we've done and seeing how we come across, and thinking, 'Mmm, maybe we shouldn't say that again.'

I genuinely didn't start sleeping properly until I had kids of my own. And then that was just sleeping because of exhaustion.

I've spent a lot of long car journeys listening to audiobooks, so I know firsthand just how amazing they can be.

If there's an Italian in the kitchen, let them get on with it.

It's very useful to be able to look inside the mind of a seven-year-old when you're writing for youngsters that age.

I'm the least sociable person ever.

On stage, I have my three band mates and my guitar in front of me, and mic stand and that's like your shield - it's genuinely amazing what having an instrument does for you, it's like your safety blanket, taking that away is really weird.

Some songwriters have never been in a band, but the One Direction guys can relate to me, as I've been through the same kind of experiences as they have.

I've always been scared of the dark and aliens and monsters and things like that.

If it wasn't for musical theatre I wouldn't have met my wife, McFly wouldn't exist, none of it would have happened.

When Giovanna was pregnant with Buzz, I was searching so much on what it's like to be a dad. If I can provide any insights that's obviously a really good thing to spread.

Having a kid has really helped me in my life. It gives you a sense of needing to be stable. It's not about you any more, it's about this child that you've decided to bring into the world.

We never expect to go to No 1 - though of course we always hope to.

We had absolutely no experience in writing kids books and its a very competitive market. But we buy and read a lot of children's books and we felt that our books had that extra something we were always looking for.

I'd go to Starbucks and order a frappuccino and blueberry muffin and that was me for the day. Not only would I beat myself up internally if I consumed anything else, I'd be in a foul mood if we were working somewhere there was no Starbucks. It was an obsession - and a deeply unhealthy one.

My parents made reading fun for me as a kid and that's stayed with me my whole life.

When you become a parent, you're the responsible one and when there are noises around your house, you'rethe one that has to get out of bed and check it out. Before the children came along, I would have sent my wife to go and check out what the creak was.

Ireland's always been good to us. We always get nostalgic when we play there because it was the very first proper show we did.

My career as an author began as I saw it as a natural progression from music, as both music and books are a method of storytelling.

I've always felt like there'd be pressure if I ever did 'Strictly.'

It's always been important to involve my family as I knew when I signed up to 'Strictly' that it can take over your life.

You only do 'Strictly' once, and I don't want to have to worry about competing with Harry Judd!