I Carry A Lot Of Scars. I

There Are One Hundred Glow-stars On My Bedroom Ceiling. (...) Glow-stars Are Strange. They Make The Ceiling Disappear.

I Knew My Affection For The Philippines Was Equally As Telling: A Democracy On Paper, Apparently Well Ordered, Regularly Subverted By Irrational Chaos. A Place Where I'd Felt Instantly At Home.

The Truth Is, I Hadn't Grown Up Really Wanting To Be A Writer. The Whole Thing Was A Weird Aberration In Some Ways, And I Didn't Feel Personally Connected To The Level Of Success I Had With It - The Success Of Sorts, I Guess.

By The Time The Plane Was Airborne I'd Forgotten England Even Existed.

I've Never Been To Comic-con, But I'm Certainly Aware From This Side Of The Atlantic That It's A Very Important Part Of Film Marketing Now, Even When The Films Are Not Directly Linked To A Comic.