I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.

My master's degree was in English literature.

I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but it isn't about books, or the idiosyncrasies and complexities of putting language together.

I studied English literature in university, and then I went straight into radio.

I did art history and English literature at Newcastle.

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.