"I love trees. I love them so much that I planted a wood right next door to the house. Pissed off the neighbours a bit, though. It was planted all across their lawn. Put a nice weeping willow in the middle of their fishpond. Lovely.
"They moved out not long after. I don't think they liked us much. Not since we got their daughter hooked on smack. But as I said to them, you've got to learn about drugs some time. And you're at your most receptive at about 13."