I'm A Novelist, Not A Social Scientist

Honest Criticism, I Suppose, Has Its Place. But Honest Writing Is Infinitely More Valuable.

Writing, More Than Any Other Art, Is Indexed To The Worthiness Of The Self Because It Is Identified In Peoples Minds With Emotion.

Every Time I Write A Book, I've Probably Taken Five Years Off My Life.

Society In The English Countryside Is Still Strangely, Quaintly Divided. If Black Comedy And A Certain Type Of Social Commentary Are What You Want, I Think English Rural Communities Offer Quite A Lot Of Material.

My Children Are Living, Thinking Human Beings. It Isn't In My Power To Regret Them, For They Belong To Themselves.