When you're starting out, say yes to everything you can.

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.

I think society is both something that's very real and very powerful, but on the whole quite problematic.

The relationship with time changes when you're captive.

If you can play effective counter-attacking football, as you see in the Premier League, it's very effective.