If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them.

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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...

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...

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...

I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my...

I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was...

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with...

What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with...

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....

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...

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...

I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time...

I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time...