When you're writing, you're in a totally different zone... I can start a difficult poem and look up at the clock and see to my astonishment that three hours have passed.

With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?

What are the crumple zones on scooters? The helmet is the only crumple zone I can think of.

I can be prickly and difficult on set.

I queued 24 hours to see Coldplay, at Koko in London, at the start of the X&Y tour.

Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult.