As A Londoner I Was Able To

I Had To Paraphrase The Paraphrase.

In 'the Plato Papers' I Wanted To Get Another Perspective On The Present Moment By Extrapolating Into The Distant Future. So In That Sense, There's A Definite Similarity Of Purpose Between A Book Set In The Future And A Book Set In The Past.

Yet, Like The Sea And The Gallows, London Refuses Nobody.

When I Was A Child I Wanted To Be Pope. My Greatest Disappointment Is Missing Out On That. I Also Wanted To Be A Tap Dancer But I Never Fulfilled That Ambition Either.

It Is Strange, Is It Not, How A Person Can Adore One's Soul So Much That They Adore One's Body Also?