People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.

People always talked about a mother's uncanny ability to read her children, but that was nothing compared to how children could read their mothers.

Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.

I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

I spend about a year between novels