In A World Without Air All You

The Language Has Got To Be Fully Alive - I Can't Bear Dull, Flaccid Writing Myself And I Don't See Why Any Reader Should Put Up With It.

I Didn't Choose Russia But Russia Chose Me. I Had Been Fascinated From An Early Age By The Culture, The Language, The Literature And The History To The Place.

I Concentrate On The Lives Of Individuals Whom The Reader Comes To Know And Feel With Intimately.

My First Collection Of Poems Was Published By Bloodaxe Books, Which Was Then A Very New Imprint.

The Human Longing For Story Is So Powerful, So Primitive, That It Seems Like Something Not Learned, But Locked Into Our Genes.