No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.

Rather than regret for what I have written, I feel regret for what I shall never be able to read.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries.

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.