At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton.
“I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.”
“I was a huge fan of the original 'Star Trek,' and I'd never even dreamed that I would someday be captain of a starship.”