Divorce also entails the beginning of a supposition that that familial reality might have obstructed one's ability to perceive others.

People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them.

A creative writing workshop will contain students whose ambitions and abilities, whose conceptions of literature itself, are so diverse that what they have in common - the desire to write - could almost be considered meaningless.

My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn't in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves.

Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this.

It's a pretty brutal process, having a baby.

Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.