I always have lots of zany ideas for promotional stuff as publication nears.

I'm not trying to write cinematic novels, but I have been told several times that my style is cinematic.

I've written over 100 short stories. You could say I'm obsessed with short stories.

I never know exactly where I'm going with a story, whether it's a short story or a novel. If I did I'd soon grow bored of it. The fun, for me, is in the finding out and the making sense of it.

The Belgians tend to downplay the cultural divide issue, and the far-right issue, but there's a staggering degree of casual racism in Belgium, much worse than in the UK.

I always have lots of zany ideas for promotional stuff as publication nears.

I am interested in power and in the idea of one country exerting power over another. The Soviets took this to an extreme.