She'd Tried Her Hand At Most Things,

It's Hard For Me To Measure Them, Or To Assess My Books Because I'm So Close To Them.

I Tend To Plan As I Write. And I Want To Leave Myself Open And The Character Open To Keep On Going Until It Seems To Be The Time To Stop.

If You Are A Writer You're At Home, Which Means You're Out Of Touch. You Have To Make Excuses To Get Out There And Look At How The World Is Changing.

Do Not Place A Photograph Of Your Favourite Author On Your Desk, Especially If The Author Is One Of The Famous Ones Who Committed Suicide.

My Parents Were Sixty Years Married.