I Think It Would Be A Shame

Some Writers Can Produce Marvelous Plots Without Planning It Out, But I Can't. In Particular I Need To Know The Structure Of A Novel: What's Going To Happen In Each Chapter And Each Scene.

I Read A Lot Of Social History. If I'm In An Art Gallery And A Picture Intrigues Me, I Immediately Write Down The Title And I Google It. I Do A Lot Of Googling And Looking Out For Good Stories. I Can Almost Smell Them Sometimes.

...real Loneliness Is Having No One To Miss. Think Yourself Lucky You've Known Something Worth Missing.

People Are Locked Up In All Sorts Of Ways.

Seriously, I Think What All The Puzzling Over Parenthood I Had To Do To Write [a Novel] Room Taught Me Is That Children Can Thrive In A Remarkable Range Of Situations.