The Real Is Always Way Ahead Of

The Book That Convinced Me I Wanted To Be A Writer Was 'crime And Punishment'. I Put The Thing Down After Reading It In A Fever Over Two Or Three Days... I Said, 'if This Is What A Book Can Be, Then That Is What I Want To Do.'

I Guess The Toughest Things In Translations Are Word Play, Which Can Never Be Reproduced Exactly.

Most People Are Participating In The Grand Adventure Of Living With One Another.

I Started Out In Life As A Poet, I Was Only Writing Poetry All Through My 20s, It Wasn't Until I Was About 30 That I Got Serious About Writing Prose. While I Was Writing Poems, I Would Often Divert Myself By Reading Detective Novels, I Liked Them.

To Feel Estranged From Language Is To Lose Your Own Body.