I'm fortunate in being able to find great satisfaction in my work.

I've had an enduring appreciation of psychology.

I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations.

... I vowed that I would always respect the right of an individual to kill himself. Whether suicide was a moral or immoral act I no longer felt sure, but of the dignity of its intransigence I was convinced.

The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'.

In new work, we need to see the shadow, however faint, of previous literary effort.

I really do like to write and when I'm not, I think, "Okay, I'll be a good citizen now" but fact is, that's secondary.