If The Culture Is So All Pervasive

The Thing About Getting Older Is That You Don't Need Everything To Be Possible Any More, You Just Need Things To Be Certain.

I Started Writing 'brick Lane' When My Children Were Two Years And Five Months Old. We Were On Holiday In The North Of England When I Was Overtaken By A Compulsion To Start Writing.

I Get Really Excited If I Think I'm Going To Introduce Somebody To A Writer They Haven't Found Before And I Think They'll Love. My Favorite Books To Get As Gifts Are Any That The Giver Is Messianic About.

Kids Are Naturally Inventive And Curious And Creative, But Most Adults Have Had That Beaten Out Of Them. Writing Is A Form Of Play; You Have To Get Rid Of All Those Internal Censors That We Adults Have, The Things That Say, 'don't Go There, That's Not Allowed.

Writing Is A Deeply Immersive Experience. When The Words Are Flying, The House Could Be Burgled And I Wouldn’t Notice. I Have A Low Boredom Threshold And I Like Intensity – Writing Is A Way Of Escaping The Quotidian.