It is important not to trust people too much.

My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.

When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.

Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.

We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.

The past has to be seen to be dead; or the past will kill.