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.

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

A rose by any other name Would get the blame For being what it is-- The colour of a kiss, The shadow of a flame. A rose may earn another name, So call it love; So call it love I will, And love is like the sea, Which changes constantly, And yet is still The same.

I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars.

Im writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and Im very greedy, and I really enjoy it!

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.

No one more cynical than an idealist.