I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework. β¨ Iain Banks: Even at my age I still have something to prove. Interview With Maxton Walker, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2009.
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