The Monsters Of Our Childhood Do Not

There Is No Such Thing As A Secure Writer: Every Novel Is An Impossible Mountain.

The Secret Intelligence Service I Knew Occupied Dusky Suites Of Little Rooms Opposite St James's Park Tube Station In London.

In The Last 15 Or 20 Years, I've Watched The British Press Simply Go To Hell. There Seems To Be No Limit, No Depths To Which The Tabloids Won't Sink. I Don't Know Who These People Are But They're Little Pigs.

More Particularly, Having A Largely German-oriented Education Has Made Me Very Responsive To 19th-century German Literature.

I Mean, I'm In The Business Of Storytelling, Not Message Making.