When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort…

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...