I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning to drive part. It has filled me with anxiety not only about the children, but also about my former self and my friends.

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.

We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

There is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time.

With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief.