Jane Austen Writes About These Humdrum Lives

I Do Not Like Strangers Because I Do Not Like People I Have Never Met Before. They Are Hard To Understand.

Most Of My Work Consisted Of Crossing Out. Crossing Out Was The Secret Of All Good Writing.

Books Are Like People. Some Look Deceptively Attractive From A Distance, Some Deceptively Unappealing; Some Are Easy Company, Some Demand Hard Work That Isn’t Guaranteed To Pay Off. Some Become Friends And Say Friends For Life. Some Change In Our Absence - Or Perhaps It Is We Who Change In Theirs - And We Meet Up Again Only To Find That We Don’t Get Along Any More.

Writing For Children Is Bloody Difficult; Books For Children Are As Complex As Their Adult Counterparts, And They Should Therefore Be Accorded The Same Respect.

Appalling Things Can Happen To Children. And Even A Happy Childhood Is Filled With Sadnesses.