Reading Is My Greatest Luxury.

Sometimes I Like To Play The Soundtracks To Famous Musicals So We Can All Sing Along. South Pacific Is One Of My Favorites. Our Neighbors Must Hate Us.

Much Of My Reading Time Over The Last Decade And A Half Has Been Spent Reading Aloud To My Children. Those Children's Bedtime Rituals Of Supper, Bath, Stories, And Sleep Have Been A Staple Of My Life And Some Of The Best, Most Special Times I Can Remember.

It Took A Brave Editor In The U.s. To Sign A Contract For Dancing Girls, And Without Her Belief In The Book, I'm Not Sure It Would Ever Have Found Its Way Into Print.

I Don't Envy Men And I Certainly Wouldn't Like To Become One Now.

Don't Write The Book You Think Publishers Want To Commission. Plenty Of Other Writers Will Be Doing The Same Thing.