I enjoy very much being in a foreign country, in a new country, new place. And I enjoy also beginning a new book. It's like being someone else.

It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.

Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.

I've always felt very much from a mixed culture - mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.