“Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just as it's true for people, it's also true on a national or cultural level.”
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I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.
I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can't help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it's taught writers.
Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience.
Japanese food makes me feel particularly good.