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Do Be Kind To Yourself. Fill Pages As Quickly As Possible; Double Space, Or Write On Every Second Line. Regard Every New Page As A Small Triumph. Until You Get To Page 50. Then Calm Down, And Start Worrying About The Quality. Do Feel Anxiety - It's The Job.

My Novels Come From Within Me; They Are Things I Feel I Want To Do.

Sometimes Adults Seem As Though They Have Cut A Chord From Being A Child.

You Know People Are Always Putting Ulysses In The Top 10 Books Ever Written But I Doubt That Any Of Those People Were Really Moved By It.

No Matter How Close To Personal Experience A Story Might Be, Inevitably You Are Going To Get To A Part That Isn't Yours And, Actually, Whether It Happened Or Not Becomes Irrelevant. It Is All About Choosing The Right Words.