With the first issue of 'Weasel,' I was even aware myself that I'd improved. I still have affection for my earlier stuff, but I don't think it's anywhere near as good as 'Weasel.'
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I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.
If you like affection, then about one in three squirrels makes an excellent companion.
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I borrowed elements of people I admired and invested them in this mythical character. I'm such a fluent, specious person now, but I was an extremely awkward fellow in those days.
I've always been a defiant little animal - always very much my own person.
I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
I have a very bad relationship with mice.
The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans.
By the time I was 10 or 12, I had discovered the lure of the romance genre - and the dusty copy of 'The Thorn Birds' on my parents' bookshelf.
Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes.
I think I've changed a little bit. I don't know whether it's for the better or for the worse at the moment. I've settled into a different mind frame now... being a bit wilder maybe!
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