I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.

I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.

It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence.

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.

Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do.

Condemned and executioner with aren't coupled in a primitive rite.