A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.

A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into.

i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me

To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation.

The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it.

In a world without air all you breathe is adventure!

We are creatures of story.