I don't approach my writing or my work from an academic or analytical point of view. I do it for myself.

For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people.

I think every writer has their waves of inspiration and their ways of doing things. But writing is very difficult for me. It's something I haven't practiced as diligently as my visual art. I've been doing visual art because I think it's easier for me to construct, whereas words are very difficult.

I don't approach my writing or my work from an academic or analytical point of view. I do it for myself.

I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more that I need to focus on what I can do, however little it is, to help others.

I am a community social psychologist and a lot of my work deals with social work and helping people overcoming addiction and trauma.

This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.