The question
What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Not being there for my daughter.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
Losing my eyesight – I live for the view, and the sunset and the sunrise.
Mostly the pain. I don’t want to be trapped in a body that hurts.
Forgetting things.
Nothing. I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you.
“You don’t stand a chance of succeeding as a writer in this country. The demographics are against you.” They were wrong. The only demographic that counts is the human heart.
We don’t die. We change realms. Life is eternal. Living is not. Live while you are alive.
On a train journey to Arcadia many years ago while making a TV documentary.
Alchemy. Love. Resilience.
Evolve or perish.
Composer, pirate, scientist, philosopher.
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