I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

We don't say a man's ill if he's crazy about sex, if he can't get enough sex. Why should a woman be different?

When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions.

Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening.

We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we feel all this may be real.