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Part of me always wanted to do something useful for the world. It came from my mother. She is a paediatrician and she was active in a small NGO for the child victims of war.

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments.

Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.

Part of me feels you can't say you were truly in love if it didn't last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that's when I'll know it's real - because it lasted.

Part of me has certainly been motivated by wanting to take a stand against the restrictions that made Mother give up so much.

Part of me is a sexual exhibitionist.

Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.

Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don't like music that's trippy for trippy's sake.