Is It Not Love That Knows How

You Can Talk Good Ideas Out Of Existence.

Those Books Of Mine That Are Remunerative - I'm Not Talking About Poetry Here - Take Years To Write, And I Am Never Sure They'll Be Successful. So Writing Is A Risk In More Senses Than One.

I Spent Many Years Of My Life As An Economist And Demographer. I Was Finally Distracted By Writing My Novels And Poetry. I'm Enormously Happy That Was The Case. I Feel That With Writing I Have Found My Metier.

I Don't Pick And Choose Subjects Or Settings; They Pick And Choose Me.

I Have A Reputation For Being Hermitlike. I'm Not. I'm Just Obsessed With My Work.