Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
Iris MurdochOf course men play roles, but women play roles too, blanker ones. They have, in the play of life, fewer good lines.
Iris MurdochStarting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.
Iris Murdoch