As Far As I'm Concerned, If You

Protect The Time And Space In Which You Write. Keep Everybody Away From It, Even The People Who Are Most Important To You.

I'm Most Honest About Writing When I'm Talking To Family Or Friends, Not To Newspapers.

Try To Read Your Own Work As A Stranger Would Read It, Or Even Better, As An Enemy Would.

It's Easy To Confuse A Woman For A Philosophy

Don’t Romanticise Your ‘vocation’. You Can Either Write Good Sentences Or You Can’t. There Is No ‘writer’s Lifestyle’. All That Matters Is What You Leave On The Page.