We Read To Know We're Not Alone.

When I Began To Write Seriously, 40 Years Ago Now, My Chosen Form Was The Novel.

We Write To Know We Are Not Alone

God Creates Us Free, Free To Be Selfish, But He Adds A Mechanism That Will Penetrate Our Selfishness And Wake Us Up To The Presence Of Others In This World, And That Mechanism Is Called Suffering.

He Accepted What Each Moment Brough Him, And Never Troubled Himself With Matters That Were Outside His Control.

A Well-off Plastic Surgeon Can Suffer Just As Much As An Irish Lad Who Has Been Abused Or Whatever.