I would hate to live in the country, unless I was living on a farm.

All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.

I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes.

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.

I would hate to live in the country, unless I was living on a farm.

There are many times when I think I would have rather died with my husband. It would have been pleasanter, simpler. But it would have been worse for the children and the family in general.

I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.