At most, I may write when I am disturbed by something. I have recently discovered the pleasure of finding written answers to written questions.

Those who write need that "willing suspension of disbelief ", as Coleridge called it.

At most, I may write when I am disturbed by something. I have recently discovered the pleasure of finding written answers to written questions.

The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose

It's the people who love us or hate us - or both - who hold together the thousands of fragments we are made of.

Women, in all fields - whether mothers or not - still encounter an extraordinary number of obstacles. They have to hold too many things together and often sacrifice their aspirations in the name of affections.

Climbing the economic ladder has been very hard for me; I still feel a great deal of guilt towards those I left behind.