Anyone could see we were related, |
Do you really want to go back to those times when orphanages existed and when many orphans were not adopted? |
Good habits are worth being fanatical about. |
Half my life is an act of revision. |
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them, |
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography. |
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with. |
In other words I not only have to read that book, I have to read everything that author wrote.If you're going to write a book review, get it right. Do your fucking homework and get it right. |
Keep passing the open windows. |
My principal creative pursuit is so solitary, that to be my age and have a legitimate second career in a collaborative environment is a gratification I never expected, |
Oh FUCK the longings and agonies of youth. |
Plot, plot and more plot. Many layers to the storytelling and a huge cast of characters that are very well developed, |
So, you see, it's a real chore for me to write a book review because it's like a contest. It's like I'm writing that book review for every bad book reviewer I've ever known and it's a way of saying [thrusts a middle finger into the air] this is how you ought to do it. I like to rub their noses in it. |
The inshore lifeboat was very busy with 39 jobs, and the all-weather lifeboat had 11. |
There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep. |