Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States.

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book.

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

An angel has no memory.

I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own.