The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: 'What are we going to do in five years' time?' A completely different attitude.

My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!

When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.

I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.

I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door.

I didn't have a record player.

There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.