Poor creatures. What did we do to you? With all our schemes and plans?

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.

People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.

I think jogging is bad for your health. All that pressure on the knees and back cannot be good for you.

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, thats 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me.

I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep being nominated and not win.

I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be starving people.