In my end is my beginning - that's what people are always saying. But what does it mean?

I have often had occasion to notice how, where a direct question would fail to elicit a response, a false assumption brings instant information in the form of a contradiction.

Writers are diffident creatures -- they need encouragement.

God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

Love is not everything ... It is only when we are young that we think it is.