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From a young age, people have been touting me as a future world champion and it's nice to get that out of the way.
Some shots people won't think are right but I want to give the crowd a good show and get new people into the sport.
It is just nice to be able to tick off all of the events I've won and hopefully one day be able to complete them all.
When people are sat quietly for 20-25 minutes per frame, they should be allowed to let their hair down at the end of it.
If you're at the top of the game, you're earning money. But compared to other sports, like tennis, you're earning peanuts.
Snooker's never going to be that. It's never going to be a worldwide game like tennis and golf. It's never going to happen.
I play a lot quicker, in quite an attacking style, play a few little crazy shots sometimes that other players wouldn't take.
Snooker has taken such a step down I am not sure it will recover unless five Ronnie O'Sullivans come along at the same time.
There is one nickname that my mate wants me to have... it's The Ace. I'm happy for a campaign for people to start calling me that!
I used to be quite laid back and that. But obviously the more you're in the public eye, the more you've got to... dress to impress.
Other people try and tweak their techniques and that, but I've just been exactly the same all my life, and I'd never change anything.
I've watched the Masters on TV since I was young, I remember watching Jimmy White and a few others, so I can't wait to play there myself.
I've just got the mindset of really wanting to open the game up to new people. I kind of want to create a massive attention around snooker.
You have to forget what has gone before, get on with the game and focus on that. You cannot afford to be affected and let things worry you.
Every tournament I play in I fancy my chances of winning, so hopefully I can get through the first few rounds, find a bit of form and kick on.
When the frame's safe, I like to let myself go a bit; play a few more entertaining shots rather than just getting the frame over and done with.
I don't feel people are that interested in snooker any more and the only thing that will get snooker back into the limelight is more controversy.
Obviously you'd always be happy to have another tour on the side, earning extra money, but for most of the players I think we're all pretty happy.
Now I want to push on, I don't want to be remembered for just winning one world title, I want to go on and win as many big tournaments as possible.
I don't really think about missing. Whereas a lot of the other players are scared to miss, I think that if I pot it I'll be in with a chance of winning the frame.
From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.
I visited a couple of schools where snooker is on the curriculum. They go in everyday and play snooker. In the future, all the top players will be coming from Asia and the Far East.
Joe Perry is always a big hurdle, he's always there in the later stages of a tournament. You have to be playing well to beat him, and if you do that you know you have a chance of winning the title.
Before I was going into tournaments and just hoping I would win one match. But now I'll go into tournaments expecting to do well and if I bring my best game I know I can win them and beat all the big players.
The conditions are always slightly better back in the U.K. There's a lot of distractions when you play away in China and it's very easy to get on a bad run out there, with various things going on when you play.
Obviously I want to win all the big tournaments - I would hate to look back and not have won them. I also think, for me, there's something about reaching a certain level rather than getting a certain number of wins.
If you hit the table after missing a ball, you get fined. If you swear, you get fined. You can't even tweet what you're thinking without getting fined. Players can't show their personality and therefore fans can't relate to them.
I got into pool tournaments when I was five, playing every weekend in competitions. Then one day I started playing snooker. I learnt by practising on my own, repeating the same shots again and again, and watching other players and copying what they did.
My eyesight had always been good but at school I went swimming one day and the chlorine affected me badly. I was almost blinded for two weeks and from there things deteriorated. Then at the World Championship in 2007 I realised I couldn't see the back of the pocket. It was one big blur. My first two seasons as a pro it was dreadful.