Not Every Novel That Wants To Be

The Desire To Write A Novel Is The Single Required Prerequisite For Writing A Novel.

I Wrote The Dickens Book Because I Loved Dickens, Not Because I Felt A Kinship With Him, But After Writing The Book It Seemed To Me That There Was At Least One Similarity Between Us And That Was That Dickens Loved To Write And Wrote With The Ease And Conviction Of Breathing. Me, Too.

A Horse Herd Was, In Its Very Essence, The Manifestation Of The Expression 'it's Always Something.

I Have Noticed Before That There Is A Category Of Acquaintanceship That Is Not Friendship Or Business Or Romance, But Speculation, Fascination.

If There's Anything Trollope Novels Always Take Seriously, It Is Money - How It Flows From One Character To Another, How It Is Managed, Who Has It, Who Deserves It, And What It Means To A Character, Male Or Female.