My inspiration comes from life and also from imagination.

The study of ancient DNA is like opening a window to the past.

I have learnt how to live... how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.

How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life.