We Need A Self Because

Walking Is A Meditative Act. It's So Rare That We Allow Ourselves Just To Be.

Walking Is Very Good For Writers. There's Something Fundamentally Useful About Not Talking To Anybody, Not Looking At A Screen, And Being In Nature - Even If That Nature Is An Urban Environment.

If Your Sense Of Self Is Destabilised, To Imagine Being Another Becomes Pretty Easy.

A Beard Is Something That Is Almost Like A Mirror To The Viewer. When Someone Sees You Wearing A Beard, They're Seeing Something In Their Own Imagination Because It's Still Me Whether I'm Bearded Or Not.

When People Talk About The Death Of The Novel, They Are Speaking Of The Need For The Birth Of Something Different.