I was nearly 40 when I published my first book. I was a slow starter - or rather, I was slow to gather my work together, though I had published translations, mainly of the Italian poet Montale, by then.
You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.
I think that it's our job to sort of band together and say, 'OK, what are the ways the male gaze has seeped into your brain and is affecting the way you treat yourself? Let's work together to eliminate that.'
For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons.