Like The Child, The Creative Writing Student

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.

You Could Time A Suburban Story By Your Watch: It Lasts As Long As It Takes A Small Furry Animal That's Lonely To Find Friends, Or A Small Furry Animal That's Lost To Find Its Parents; It Lasts As Long As A Quick Avowal Of Love; It Lasts Precisely As Long As The Average Parent Is Disposed On A Tuesday Night To Spend Reading Aloud To Children.

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

I Don't Really Believe In Stories, Only In The People Who Tell Them.

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