It's My Job, It's What I Do,

Irish Women Are Always Carrying Water On Their Heads, And Always Carrying Their Husbands Home From Pubs. Such Things Are The Greatest Posture-builders In The World.

We Were In The Arabian Desert For Nine Months. And I Was Having The Time Of My Life. It Could Have Been An Archeological Expedition, A Military Expedition.

When I Work With Young People, I Grab Energy From Them By The Handsful.

I'm Not Working-class: I Come From The Criminal Classes.

Writing Is A Kind Of Performing Art, And I Can't Sit Down To Write Unless I'm Dressed. I Don't Mean Dressed In A Suit, But Dressed Well And Comfortably And I Have To Be Shaved And Bathed.