At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.

If you run away from trouble, it always follows.' Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying.

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.

I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The sand blows on and on. And then there are no mountains, none at all, the sand has kissed and whispered them away. And still, the sand blows on.

When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!