I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.
I carry Yeats with me wherever I go. He's my constant companion. I always can find some comfort in Yeats no matter what the situation is. Months and months and months go by and I know I need to switch to Shelley or somebody else, but right now Yeats is enough for me.
I don't leave the house without a book, and I never watch television without one, either.
Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.
I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone.
I practice reading all the time. I read everything and having so many scripts to read, which really helps out as well.
Read the most useful books, and that regularly and constantly.
Like most writers, I read constantly. I used to hide in remote parts of the yard and house so I could read in peace.
Read everything you can get your hands on: Programme your mind to read all the time and everywhere - even in the bathroom; skim through the lines printed on the back of shampoo bottles and sanitary napkin packets.
