They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

My first husband would never make up his mind in less than five years, so I used to get him to think that whatever course of action needed to be taken was his idea. Then he'd go right ahead.

I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.

Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me.

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love.

People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.

I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs.