No Novel Has Ever Changed Anything, As

More Will Mean Worse.

My Theory Is - We Don’t Really Go That Far Into Other People, Even When We Think We Do. We Hardly Ever Go In And Bring Them Out. We Just Stand At The Jaws Of The Cave, And Strike A Match, And Ask Quickly If Anybody’s There.

Faith Is A Talent, And It Goes The Way Of All Your Talents. Getting Old Is The Subtraction Of Your Powers. Which Very Much Goes For Writing.

I Say The Sentences Again And Again In My Head Until They Sound Right.

Often It Doesn't Occur To You What Kind Of Novel You're Writing Until Quite Late On.