I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.

But try as I might, I never got to eat any of her pastries, and do you know, she never even offered me one.

cause when there's life there's still hope

Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.

When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as if I'm telling it to one person only, my best friend.

Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.

Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers