Envy Was Just The Tax You Paid

She Made You Decent, And In Return You Made Her So Happy

At University, I Used To Write Silly Little Sketches And Monologues, But Never Fiction.

Mortified At The Speed With Which Intimacy Evaporates.

I Know That For Every Reader Who Has Lost The Habit Or Can't Find The Time, There Are People Who've Never Enjoyed Reading And Question The Value Of Literature, Either As Entertainment Or Education, Or Believe That A Love Of Books, And Of Fiction In Particular, Is Sentimental Or Frivolous.

I Think I Became A Writer Because I Used To Write Letters To My Friends, And I Used To Love Writing Them. I Loved The Idea That You Can Put Marks On A Page And Send It Off, And Two Days Later, Someone Laughs Somewhere Else In The World.