I have decided to keep a full journal, in the hope that my life will perhaps seem more interesting when it is written down.

I have decided to be a poet. My father said there isn't a suitable career structure for poets and no pensions and other boring things, but I am quite decided.

I am the world's worst diabetic.

I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.

Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.

I took my sight and mobility for granted.

Love is the only thing that keeps me sane.