I find broadcast intensely stressful, to the extent that perversely, I've never seen anything I've written actually broadcast on television. So, the ….

The Booker thing was a catalyst for me in a bizarre way. It’s perceived as an accolade to be published as a ‘literary’ writer, but, actually, it’s po….

No, we don't walk away. But when we're holding on to something precious, we run. We run and run, fast as we can, and we don't stop running until we a….

Because this exact leaf had to grow in that exact way, in that exact place, so that precise wind could tear it from that precise branch and make it f….

And by the right thing, I mean that whatever step we take next, the first criteria we should consider is the people who have been loyal to us, thus f….

I don't want to repeat myself. I hate the idea of coasting and of recycling the same ideas. Then, you're just subject to the law of diminishing retur….