I find teaching - I like it, but I find just walking into the classroom and facing the students very difficult.

I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!

But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe it deeply enough to act on it.

Because I'm not writing all the time (thank goodness), my mind is sometimes pleasantly blank.

Art is not in some far-off place.

I can talk for a long time only when it's about something boring.

I do see an interest in writing for Twitter. While publishers still do love the novel and people do still like to sink into one, the very quick form is appealing because of the pace of life.