I don't like new bands. I don't want to be one of those pathetic old men in their forties who knows exactly what 18-year-olds are into.

I woke with a start. At first I assumed I'd trumped myself awake again.

What terrifies me is that I might somehow endorse that view so people think they don't have to read books anymore.

Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.

The one thing that gives you faith is the fact that people can be apart physically but they can still have an emotional connection.

If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it.

It's arguably the best newspaper in the world.