I'm The Beast. You're The Beauty," He

In A Way, The Characters Often Do Take Over.

There Are Always Two People Involved In Cruelty, Aren't There? One To Be Vicious And Someone To Suffer! And What's The Use Of Getting Rid Of - Of Wickedness, Say - In The Outside World If You Let It Creep Back Into Things From Inside You?

When I Was A Child I Had A Best Friend Who Lived Across The Road From Me. When Her Mother Died Unexpectedly It Was Like Losing A Member Of My Own Family. I Think I Am Still Affected By The Memory Of That Loss.

I Was Able To Work Out All Sorts Of Attitudes To Style And Event And Character, All Of Which Affected The Way I Came To Think About My Own Writing. I Believe That All Good Writers Are Original.

Reading Is Very Creative - It's Not Just A Passive Thing. I Write A Story; It Goes Out Into The World; Somebody Reads It And, By Reading It, Completes It.