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All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.
When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.
Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more exotic to me than Nagasaki.
I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me.
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.
What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.
I loved cowboy films and TV series, and I learned bits of English from them. My favorite was 'Laramie', with Robert Fuller and John Smith. I... →
I work very regular hours, roughly 9 to 5:30. I think I have it much easier than a lot of parents. I just sit at home, I have a very flexible... →
Even though I spent the first five years of my life in Nagasaki, going to Japan can be really difficult. Even if they know I've been brought up... →
I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to write something strange... →
I don't hang out with the glitteringly successful people; I hang out with people who've been friends for many years, and to some extent I... →
I like the fact that by mimicking the way memory works, a writer can actually write in a fluid way - one solid scene doesn't have to fall on... →
My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and... →
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