You Can Only Give Things Up Once

I See The Author As The Person Who Has Written; The Writer, The One Involved In The Process Of Writing. And They're Not Necessarily Friends. The Writer Is The One I Want To Reinforce; The Author Would Just Feed On The Reviews - So I'm In Favour Of Starving Him.

The Booker 2011 Is Of No More Interest To Me Than The World Heavyweight Championship, Which I'm Not Going To Win Either. It's Irrelevant.

Well, The Attractive Thing About The Subject Of Happiness Is That It Is Notoriously Difficult To Write.

I'm Really Not Responsible For What Mental Operation People Have When They're Reading My Books Other Than The Ones Which Are Created By Literary Effects.

I'm Not Trying To Uncover The Facts Of My Life But To Discover The Dramatic Truth Of The Situations I Was In.