Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal.

Do be kind to yourself. Fill pages as quickly as possible; double space, or write on every second line. Regard every new page as a small triumph. Until you get to page 50. Then calm down, and start worrying about the quality. Do feel anxiety - it's the job.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

I wasn't even aware of the Year of the Family. I couldn't give a toss. These things - the year of the family, the year of the three-legged dog. I think it's all trash.

If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them.