First-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art.
Humphrey Searle writes music that sounds like the theme from 'Star Wars' played backwards through a washing machine.
Sick of being a prisoner of my childhood, I want to put it behind me.
My niece is - her name is Sasha, is currently learning Russian at Melbourne University and I look forward to the day when I can talk to her about Pushkin.
You can never get a woman to sit down and listen to a drum solo.
Writing is a performance art for me. They're very closely aligned, writing and performing. But I'm a writer, not a performer.