We All Need A Past - That's

All History, Of Course, Is The History Of Wars.

Every Novel Generates Its Own Climate, When You Get Going.

I Didn't Think I Had Anything Particular To Say, But I Thought I Might Have Something To Say To Children.

The Idea That Memory Is Linear Is Nonsense. What We Have In Our Heads Is A Collection Of Frames. As To Time Itself-can It Be Linear When All These Snatches Of Other Presents Exist At Once In Your Mind? A Very Elusive And Tricky Concept, Time.

I Have Had To Empty Two Family Homes During The Last Few Years - First, The House That Had Been My Grandmothers Since 1923, And Then My Own Country Home, Which We Had Lived In For Over Twenty Years.