I have absolutely no concept of work, except for university. But I like to talk to people a lot about their jobs.

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.

Childhood, after all, is not an ending, but rather a state full of potent curiosity.

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

Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself.

Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in peoples minds with emotion.

Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.