We Started Off Trying To Set Up

We Were Put To Dickens As Children But It Never Quite Took. That Unremitting Humanity Soon Had Me Cheesed Off.

Philip Larkin Used To Cheer Himself Up By Looking In The Mirror And Saying The Line From Rebecca, 'i Am Mrs De Winter Now!

...she Felt About Reading What Some Writers Felt About Writing: That It Was Impossible Not To Do It And That At This Late Stage Of Her Life She Had Been Chosen To Read As Others Were Chosen To Write.

I Turned Down A Knighthood. It Would Be Like Having To Wear A Suit Every Day Of Your Life.

Your Whole Life Is On The Other Side Of The Glass. And There Is Nobody Watching.