I've Never Found It Made The Slightest

People Who Don't Read Seem To Me Mysterious. I Don't Know How They Think Or Learn About Other People. Novels Are A Very Important Part Of Our Education.

I Dislike The Word 'victim.' I Dislike Being Told That I 'lost' My Husband - As If I Had Idly Abandoned You By The Side Of The Railway Track Like An Unwanted Pair Of Old Shoes.

Margaret Thatcher Was In My Year, And Our First-year College Photograph Shows Us Standing Side By Side In The Back Row. We Were Both Grammar School Girls On State Scholarships.

All Writers Are Thieves; Theft Is A Necessary Tool Of The Trade.

I Like Writing For Children. It Seems To Me That Most People Underestimate Their Understanding And The Strength Of Their Feelings And In My Books For Them I Try To Put This Right.