All writers are magpies, right? We're always stealing bits from different places and then weaving them into our little nest.

Inspiration comes from all different places.

Readers, like writers, are essentially amoral. Arm's length will never do. We want to get closer.

Writers and musicians are very similar in that the chances of making a life in either field are so infinitesimal. And once you're in, the chances of staying viable are difficult. But there is something incredibly different about performing in front of a live audience, as opposed to sitting at your desk typing.

I'd love to be able to multiply because then I could be in lots of different places at once.

I'm a military baby, so I kind of always see the world as one; we just have different colours, and we're from different places in the world.