Sometimes you are lucky enough to get offered things and there is no rhyme or reason.

The stuff that I have perhaps become known for that's based on fact, and English statesmen shouting at each other all the time, doesn't entirely represent who I am. I am not a politics wonk.

If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable, rather than its literal narrative.

I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people.

I'm always pre-occupied with what it is that I'm doing at the moment.

I just try and do something good. But as a writer, you're slightly out of control.

The real beauty in my professional experience has been friendships and collaborations with filmmakers.