 My
hair colour: |
Brown. |
| My
eye colour: |
Grey. |
| My
star sign: |
Taurus |
| My
shoe size: |
9 |
| My
favourite book when child: |
The Wind in the Willows
when I was small; Gerald Durrell books when I was a middle-aged child;
Gormanghast when I was a teenager. |
|
My favourite fictional character: |
Steerpike out of Gormeghast
|
| Books
that inspired me to become a writer: |
The poems of Bertolt Brecht.
All books with an unlikely happy ending. |
| My
favourite author: |
Too many to mention. David
Almond is marvellous. I love Peter Ackroyd, too. And of course, Gabriel
Garcia Maquez |
| My
ideal reading position: |
Sitting, standing or lying.
|
| My
usual means of marking a place in a book: |
I bend the corner of the
page down (what an evil question!) |
| My
favourite time of year: |
Spring |
| My
favourite time of day: |
Morning |
| My
best time for working: |
Morning |
| The
first piece of work I was paid for was: |
'The Bald Angel', a radio
play. Brian Glover starred. |
| My
favourite TV show: |
I just love comedy on
the TV. The League of Gentlemen was fantastic. I enjoyed Black Books and
Gimme Gimme Gimme and the Fast Show. |
| My
favourite song: |
This comes and goes. At
the moment I'm listening to Blur's Greatest Hits, which I got for Christmas
- great band. |
| My
favourite actor: |
I don't have one. |
| The
creature comfort I would most unwillingly relinquish: |
My wife. Whiskey. Music.
Coffee. The list is endless. Freshly squeezed orange juice. |
| My
favourite sweet food: |
Cheesecake - the real
echt New York kind. I make it myself. You have to use two tablespoonfuls
of real vanilla essence. |
| My
favourite savory food: |
Good dry cured bacon. |
| My
typical bedtime is: |
IHalf eleven |
|
My favourite
year of childhood: |
In me or
in other people? In me, 8 - 9. In other people, four. |
| My
mousemat design: |
little.com - a Ralph Steadman
illustration from an Andersen Press book. |
| The
tidiest place in my home is: |
Wherever my wife has just
passed through. |
| The
untidiest place in my home is: |
My study - she's not allowed
in there. |
| The
working tool I would least like to do without: |
My computer - I bless
it daily. |
