I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.
“I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility.”
“My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world.”