He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.

When I start to write a song, I initially fall into patterns and creative habits that are familiar, and because they're familiar, they sound convincing. It's important for me to not pursue those ideas, because I've already done them, but to find ideas that are different and feel strange to write and disconcerting to write.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find that when you're down, nobody has a bloody minute for you. If I was a nobody, you wouldn't even talk to me. People, in general, don't like you being upfront and civil. They hate you for it. They label you a cynic 'cos you're reasonable.

My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.

If I'm hanging around too much, my wife and kids say, 'Hey, why don't you go downstairs and start a new novel?'