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I’ve got my dad’s height and smoking habit. But I think I’ve got my mum’s looks and sensibilities.
My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.
The people on my mum’s side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad’s side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life.
I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.
There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.
Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.
My dad was a master butcher and I trained to be a butcher when I left school. I didn’t enjoy it at the time but I love cooking now, so perhaps I would have been a chef.
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad’s Benny Goodman records.
I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.
I’ve got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don’t have the time to work on it right now. I’m way too busy with the ‘Kingkiller Chronicles’ and being a new dad.