David James Duncan

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.

Writers are used to being re-created, and need it.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.