When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it.
The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.
My stories are never quite good enough
My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.
When you have children, you're obligated to live.
Point of view is not something I consciously decide. Almost always, when I come up with a plot I find that the point of view has automatically arrived with it, part and parcel of the story.