Chris Cleave

3. Of all the conventional arts, live comedy is perhaps the greatest, followed by music, dance and poetry. Prose writing is quite far down the ladder, but it can still be beautiful if the writer works hard and remembers that the reader is the greater artist. When you write, you are putting down notes on a stave but it is the reader who breathes music and laughter into it all. 4. If I had to choose between succeeding as a writer and succeeding as a parent, I would rather be a good parent.
5. If I could choose between talking with God and talking with children, I don't think I'd need to choose. As told to Helen McLaughlin Chris Cleave In Conversation takes place on Friday March 12 at 12.30pm, It will be followed by a book signing. See www.eaifl.com for ticket details.
Published: February 27, 2010 04:00 AM