jealousy is the direct result of self-betrayal.

fear is a dreadful drawback because it stops us living in the moment.

... a country encapsulates our childhood and those lanes, byres, fields, flowers, insects, suns, moons and stars are forever reoccurring.

Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed psyche, and by no means therapeutic.

That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.

Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

Kindness. The most unkind thing of all.