A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.

And what if I don't want forgiveness?

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing.

I actually think leaving your children alone to fantasize, to write, to make projects on their own is good for them. Breathing down their necks is a form of control. Children should have their own space.

Love is everything it's cracked up to be

That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.

When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.