It would be hard to say that exactly, but antinatalism is a reality in my life, not just an interesting idea. I can feel it in the chilled and weary marrow of my bones.

I'm more a dog person than a cat person.

The quality of that 'who I am', is what I hope comes out in the writing.

I went for a walk in the rain. Recently, whenever it rains, I feel like I want to go for a walk.

Another part of the rejection I mention was the realisation that Buddhism quite simply ignores or dismisses a whole hemisphere of human experience that finds expression in and is enshrined by the mystery religions.

The imagination is fertile. From seeds of the imagination, much is made manifest.

People didn't talk about paedophiles in the seventies, I don't think.