The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself.
Children are very cruel, yes. Of course. Children are extraordinarily cruel little creatures.
You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself.
I haven't had a single moment of terror since they told me [I was dying]. My only regret is to die four pages too soon. If I can finish, then I'm quite happy to go.
God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names.
I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.