I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
“I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world - the money is OK but it is no life at all.”
“The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.”