There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

no one had experiences any more, only traumas.

The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.

What we remember is probably fiction anyway.

The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour

Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood.