I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.

Living in a small town anywhere means preserving one's self behind a mask.

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.'

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to.

All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.