Poets Go Through A Very Tough Apprenticeship

Writing Children's Books Gives A Writer A Very Strong Sense Of Narrative Drive.

The Poets Whom I Knew Then Were All Men And All Seemed Dauntingly Sure Of Themselves - Although I Am Sure That Really They Were As Uncertain As I Was.

I Enjoy Research; In Fact Research Is So Engaging That It Would Be Easy To Go On For Years, And Never Write The Novel At All.

A Novel, In The End, Is A Container, A Shape Which You Are Trying To Pour Your Story Into.

Finish The Day's Writing When You Still Want To Continue.