The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.

Emotions weren't like washing. There was no call to peg them out for all the world to view.

I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money.

no one had experiences any more, only traumas.

The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour

Moonlight lined the windowsills like a fall of snow.

When passion is mutual, there is always the danger of the fire burning to ashes.