When people ask, "Is there any advice you'd give a young writer?," I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure. Pastiche is a great way to start.
What is lawful is not always identical to what is right.
I think the novel, its business is the investigation of human nature.
It was not generally realized that what children mostly wanted was to be left alone.
No one knew about the squirrel’s skull beneath Briony bed, but no one wanted to know.
When people have supernatural beliefs I think they should be respected but there is no reason why they need to impose them on others.