When his blackness is pointed out to him, and the often sinister twists in his work, Trevor replies with a smile. For all the stories he has written, all the small lives exposed, the moments of private agonies recorded, he remains a storyteller. There is no end to the characters he sees as real people. You must believe in the stories and the individuals, he says. You must use your imagination.
Fiction is an act of the imagination.
When he walks into his study each morning at 7 a.m., it is as if he has an appointment with a cast of individuals. Sometimes a character appears and you know that this time, it isn't right. But they might come again. There is no desperation, no urgency. He still has a lot to write, but if he is driven he conceals it well.