There's a lot of things you can put up with, as long as you're not related to them.

I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation.

I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child.

Fear can give you urgent wings.

People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.

I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the flow of language in the outside world, games with words, and ideas about relationships are all most important to me.