My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...