It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.

Common perceptions of female friendships are morning coffees discussing children, bags, periods and agreeing about the misdemeanours of men... mild, soft, nurturing relationships.

My sister is my sister regardless - has always been and always will be and has no choice about it. This is a love quite distinct from that of a lover, with whom we fall in love, in part, because they are free and have a choice.

Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man sits alone, staring into the middle distance, without grip of his narrative, lost to the past.

With 'All Is Song,' I tried to construct a very traditional narrative that pulls no tricks.