![]() ![]() I like it when my readers don’t realise they’ve read three of my books because they think of them as separate stories or styles. I prefer to inhabit other people’s lives and worlds. It can make you very preoccupied with what you’ve lived through yourself. There’s a lot of emphasis on the autobiographical in fiction at the moment. Even at the micro level, if you drink the last of the coffee in the pot and she wants some. In a relationship there is a lot to be said for the prompt apology. I’ve ended up having a family as well as being a lesbian – when I was younger I really thought it would be one or the other. ![]() When I think about how embarrassed and sheepish so many gay people felt around 1990, it’s unrecognisable. There has been such a change for gay people in my lifetime. I always stop and think: “Does this character have to be a white man?” Sometimes you think: “Yes he does.” But I ask myself the question. The issue of diversity in film starts with the script. I don’t know how to defend it in rational terms, but that’s how my world turns. You sound pompous or confused as soon as you open your mouth. I am religious, but it is the most embarrassing subject to talk about in detail. ![]() If you’re successfully distracted by writing you don’t even notice the kilometres. It sounds mad, but you get the hang of it. I was always interested in pleasing adults and scoring 10/10 in tests, and I have been diligently reading and writing since I was eight.īack in Canada I’ve got a treadmill desk. I’ve never been drunk, never been arrested. ![]()
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