One Has To Have The Courage Of

I Turned The Pages So Fast. And I Suppose I Was, In My Mindless Way, Looking For A Something, Version Of Myself, A Heroine I Could Slip Inside As One Might A Pair Of Favourite Shoes.

I Think The Novel, Its Business Is The Investigation Of Human Nature.

At That Moment, The Urge To Be Writing Was Stronger Than Any Notion She Had Of What She Might Write.

I Was An Intimate Sort Of Child Who Never Spoke Up In Groups. I Preferred Close Friends.

Reading Groups, Readings, Breakdowns Of Book Sales All Tell The Same Story: When Women Stop Reading, The Novel Will Be Dead.