I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.

I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck by muscles, ligaments and my esophagus.

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.

I liked 35 and in both my novels that is the age of the lead characters. I tried making them my age but they just seemed to keep moaning about stuff.

If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.

I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.

If someone starts agreeing with me, I don't like it. Out of pique, I become something else.