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I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite; you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing.

The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.

Normally, you should be dead if you have a retrospective.

I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity.

I usually have one project I'm focusing on but often have many other projects in the back of my mind for several years.

I try to keep the number of projects I'm involved in down to one per year.

There seems to be more abiding interest in unearthing old memos abroad than there is here.