I've Discovered Writers By Reading Books Left

I Write In The Afternoon, From About 12 Until 6 Or 7. I Use An Upstairs Room As My Office. Once I Get Going I Keep At It, And It Usually Takes About Six Months From The First Blank Screen Until 'the End.

I Wanted Readers To Be Genuinely Unsure As To Whether She's Telling The Truth Or Lying. It Meant Making Her Partly Sympathetic, And Partly Unsympathetic, Which Wasn't Easy.

For Men, As They Get Bogged Down With Responsibilities, Commitments, Bureaucracy, It Is A Fantasy Just To Think Of Shedding Everything Literally, Walking Away With Nothing At All, And Just Hitting The Road.

I've Discovered Writers By Reading Books Left In Airplane Seats And Weird Hotels.

The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life.