How Can There Be So Many Mothers

I Remain Fascinated By Where You Go As A Woman Once You Are A Mother, And If You Ever Come Back.

As Writers Go, I Have A Skin Of Average Thickness. I Am Pleased By A Good Review, Disappointed By A Bad. None Of It Penetrates Far Enough To Influence The Thing I Write Next.

What Other Grown-up Gets Told How To Do Their Job So Often As A Writer?

Feminism Remains Something That Needs To Be Explained To People.

I Don't Go To Church Any More, But I Think That Catholicism Is Rather Like The Brand They Use On Cattle: I Feel So Formed In That Catholic Mould That I Don't Think I Could Adopt Any Other Form Of Spirituality. I Still Get Feelings Of Consolation About Churches.