We Are Creatures Of Story.

It Is A Violation Which Has Obsessed The Tyrants Of The Twentieth Century. They Do Not Want Simply To Kill Their Opponents, But To Liquidate Them, To Deny That They Have Ever Existed.

I Was Always Influenced By Language.

I Concentrate On The Lives Of Individuals Whom The Reader Comes To Know And Feel With Intimately.

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

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.