For Historians, Creative Writers Provide A Kind

Fear Of Commitment Lies Behind The Fear Of Writing.

You Think You're Writing One Historical Novel And It Turns Into Three, And I'm Quite Used To A Short Story Turning Into A Novel - That's Happened Through My Whole Career.

Fiction Leaves Us So Much Work To Do, Allows The Individual So Much Input; You Have To See, You Have To Hear, You Have To Taste The Madeleine, And While You Are Seemingly Passive In Your Chair, You Have To Travel.

A Novel Should Be A Book Of Questions, Not A Book Of Answers.

I Am Not A Historian. I Don't See What I Do As Being A Rival To Biography.