There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

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All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

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People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.

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The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

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If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them.

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Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more exotic to me than Nagasaki.

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Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory.

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As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

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I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my wife at home. I don't have to commute, so I have much more time with my family.

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My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.

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