Manners Are Love In A Cool Climate.

I've Always Lived In The Same Way.

There Are Three Reasons For Becoming A Writer: The First Is That You Need The Money; The Second That You Have Something To Say That You Think The World Should Know; The Third Is That You Can't Think What To Do With The Long Winter Evenings.

When I Was Young, I Wanted To Find The Great Dark Man. When I Said That I Realise Now That People Thought That By 'dark' I Meant Black, And That By 'great' I Meant Big. Whereas I Only Meant A Strong, Mysterious Person; Someone Who Would 'take Me Away From All This.'

My Mother Protected Me From The World And My Father Threatened Me With It.

I Don't Hold With Abroad And Think That Foreigners Speak English When Our Backs Are Turned.