My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.
Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.
There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about.
Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.
The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.
No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.