I find sometimes it's easy to be myself, sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else.

A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

Love, you drive me to distraction.

I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older.

I've never been much of a craftsman, in an educated way. But I think just the experience of writing makes the avenues I follow a little more efficient in some ways. At the same time, when you're young, you're a little more fearless, and there's less of an internal critic.

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.