One Is Not Struck By The Truth

I Wouldn't Want To Try To Adapt Something Of My Own. It Would Be Like Going Back To School And Doing All My Exams Again.

I Don't Think It's Any Fun, Even If You Are One Of The Most Respected Authors In The World Like Margaret Atwood, To Keep Being Nominated And Not Win.

I Couldn't Speak Japanese Very Well, Passport Regulations Were Changing, I Felt British And My Future Was In Britain. And It Would Also Make Me Eligible For Literary Awards. But I Still Think I'm Regarded As One Of Their Own In Japan.

I Had Been Plunged Into A Different World. I Found Myself Spending Half My Time Answering Weird Questions On Book Tours In The Midwest. People Would Stand Up And Explain To Me The Situation In Their Office And Ask Me Whether They Should Resign Or Not.

I Think Of My Pile Of Old Paperbacks, Their Pages Gone Wobbly, Like They'd Once Belonged To The Sea.