The World Is A Sea In Which

Bigotry Does Not Consort Easily With Free Trade.

My Great Fear Has Always Been Complete And Utter Failure. Hence, You See, All The Dispossessed People In My Fiction, And Why I Try To Earn As Much Money As I Can. It's A Defense. I Don't Enjoy It Or Do Anything With It.

I Think Biography Can Be More Personal Than Fiction, And Certainly Can Be More Expressive.

I Don't In Any Sense Think Of Myself As A Celebrity, Which Of Course I'm Not.

When I Was A Child I Wanted To Be Pope. My Greatest Disappointment Is Missing Out On That. I Also Wanted To Be A Tap Dancer But I Never Fulfilled That Ambition Either.