Finish The Day's Writing When You Still

As Individuals, We Are Shaped By Story From The Time Of Birth; We Are Formed By What We Are Told By Our Parents, Our Teachers, Our Intimates.

Those Who Try To Obliterate The Past Are Injuring The Present.

I Concentrate On The Lives Of Individuals Whom The Reader Comes To Know And Feel With Intimately.

The Language Has Got To Be Fully Alive - I Can't Bear Dull, Flaccid Writing Myself And I Don't See Why Any Reader Should Put Up With It.

A Novel, In The End, Is A Container, A Shape Which You Are Trying To Pour Your Story Into.