It seemed sensible to move to a market town where I could walk everywhere.

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

I have a garden, and I'm passionately interested in young people.

Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.

I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.

Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.

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