I Had No Sense Of Any Reputation

Writers Never Feel Comfortable Having Labels Attached To Them, However Accurate They Are.

I'm One Of Those Unlucky People Who Had A Happy Childhood.

The More Melancholy Side Of My Literary Personality Is Much In Tune With Bs Johnson's.

My Only Regret Is That I Signed Away The World Rights And In America They've Been Far And Away My Most Successful Books, But I Never Saw A Cent From Any Of It.

I Live A Perfectly Happy And Comfortable Life In Blair's Britain, But I Can't Work Up Much Affection For The Culture We've Created For Ourselves: It's Too Cynical, Too Knowing, Too Ironic, Too Empty Of Real Value And Meaning.