Having Your Second Child, In Case You

I Am A Good And Interested Mother - Which Has Surprised Me.

There Are Certain Types Of Slightly Hysterical Human Characters Who, Rather Than Creating, Walk Around With A Sense Of Their Own Potential - It's As If They Themselves Were Art Objects. They Feel As If Their Lives Are Written Narratives, Or Pieces Of Music.

I Suppose, I Said, It Is One Definition Of Love, The Belief In Something That Only The Two Of You Can See.

Shame Is Something You'll Find A Lot Of - Particularly Catholic - Girls Feel About Their Bodies, About Their Sexuality, About Their Diet, About Anything You Like. Shame Is The Way You Keep Them Down. That's The Way To Crush A Girl.

I'm A Novelist, Not A Social Scientist Or A Commentator.