I have a readership

'I like this age (68). Everything still works. I play squash twice a week. And I feel at peace with myself for the first time, in particular with my decision to be a writer. Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it. But I have my wife's approval. And I have a readership. And when I finished this book I had this thought I had never had before: maybe this wasn't the worst thing you could have done, the worst life you could have chosen.'

Richard Ford in the Observer