Newcastle University

Does the experience of reading affect the way that you feel in any way?

Oh yes. I find it can be very calming. It can be several things – it can be a bit depressing, I suppose. But it certainly has quite a profound effect on me. Possibly because it’s fact, and somebody, somewhere has been sufficiently moved or motivated to put down these experiences. So it’s really based on … that is what happened. You know, you start asking yourself ‘how would you have …’ [tails off].