What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now.

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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 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.

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...