My Grandmother Was A Huge Influence On

I Always Listen To Music, My Passion And Vice Is Music, I Will Be Denied Access To Heaven Because Of The Number Of Cds I Own, And I Have Gluttony For All Types And Colours Of Music.

I Work Fitfully, In Hope Rather Than In Expectation, Invent Methods Which Last A Week, And Fill Notebooks With Tiny, Illegible Writing Which Often Defies My Own Attempts To Decipher It.

Look At It This Way: If You Write The Novel Of 'cold Mountain,' It Costs Exactly The Same To Produce And Market As A Novel Set In A Room. If You Make The Film, The Disparity Of Costs Is Huge.

Waiting Is Part Of Writing. When I Write The Word 'waiting' By Hand It Even Looks Like 'writing.'

Betrayals During War Are Childlike Compared With Our Betrayals During Peace.