You know, in the old days, you might be able to slowly sort of build an audience for your work by publishing two, three novels before you hit it big. You know, now, there's much more of an emphasis in the publishing houses on making sure that every book makes money.
“And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.”
“The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet.”