It Seems To Me That Actual Democracy

From Quite Early On, I Had This Idea Of Compartmentalized Identities - 'this Is How You Are When You Are With Your Mum, And This Is How You Are When You Are With Your Dad' - So It Seemed Like I Could Never Absolutely Be Myself. And The Image Of Myself As Compromised And Inconsistent Made Me Want To Withdraw From The World Even Further. I Had A Sense Of Formulating A Paper-mache Version Of Myself To Send Out In The World, While I Sat Controlling It Remotely From Some Smug Suburban Barracks.

Executive Producers Don't Have To Do Anything. Nor Do Any Kind Of Producers. They Just Sit Around On Deck Chairs Watching Stuff, And If It Gets Cold, They Leave. Actually I Suppose As A Producer You've Got To Be Involved In Helping Out With Solving Problems.

It Is 10 Years Since I Used Drugs Or Drank Alcohol And My Life Has Improved Immeasurably. I Have A Job, A House, A Cat, Good Friendships And Generally A Bright Outlook.

The Way I've Been With Drink And Drugs Suggests I Have A Tendency To Get Addicted To Things.

It Was Crushingly Disappointing As A Fan Of The Simpsons To Discover That It's Just You In A Room Speaking Into A Microphone. I Thought I Was Going To Become Friends With Homer Simpson, But Unfortunately None Of Them Are Real.