I've Always Considered Myself A Writer.

My Public Life Was So Demanding That I Wasn't Doing The Things That I Deemed The Most Important.

I Always Thought My Father [influenced Me Most] Because He Was So Well Read, I Tried To Model Myself On Him, But Really As I Go Through Life I Realise It Was My Mother Who Gave Me The Most Valuable Instructions. I Didn't Understand Or Accept It At The Time. She Taught Me To Read And To Pray - Two Things That Have Really Stayed With Me.

The New Artists Coming Through Were Very Materialistic And Hollywood, Not So Engaged In Communication.

Maybe I'll Be 48 And Die In The Gutter In Paris.

We Need A New Cosmology. New Gods. New Sacraments. Another Drink.