I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me…

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The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I...

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I...

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my...

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my...

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is...

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is...

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual...

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual...

I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory...

I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory...

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write...

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write...

Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more...

Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more...

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what...

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what...

People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.

People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing...

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing...

There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what...

There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what...

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner....

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner....

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the...

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the...

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think...

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think...

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this...

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this...

When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back...

When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back...

There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they...

There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they...