Hugh Grant desperately wants to take time out from acting to write his unfinished novel. The 46-year-old longs to develop his talent in another creative area, but fears he doesn’t have the discipline for writing.

He explains, “I cling pathetically to the notion that I’ll move from being an interpretive kind of artist to being one who actually writes the thing. I’ve been really trying to write my book.”

The star insists girlfriend Jemima Khan is a great source of motivation, adding, “(She) has forced me virtually at gunpoint to sit down and actually do it as opposed to talk about it or make notes.”