One of the problems with watching TV is that you've got a fairly low level of language operating all the time. Quite a small vocabulary and really no conceptual or abstract thinking. That's an issue. If you've got a wide vocabulary, you can learn. The complexities of grammar, in themselves, force you to think about time in a particular way. Force you to widen your outlook on the world.

A homosexual is further away from a woman than a rhinoceros.

We are all historians in our small way.

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value.

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.