In Terms Of Essays, I Would Say

I Do Myself Think That History Is A Set Of Skills Rather Than A Narrative.

The Writer I Adore Is Ivy Compton-burnett.i Couldn't Get More Than A Few Pages In When I First Read Her. In Many Ways, She Is Very Clumsy And Her Plots Are Rubbish. But We Don't Read Her For That. There Are Pages And Pages Of Dialogue. What It Requires Is Real Effort And Attention.

Imagination Only Comes When You Privilege The Subconscious, When You Make Delay And Procrastination Work For You.

People Will Identify With A Persecuted Minority Without Asking Themselves What They Are Identifying With.

When You Have Committed Enough Words To Paper, You Feel You Have A Spine Stiff Enough To Stand Up In The Wind. But When You Stop Writing, You Find That's All You Are - A Spine, A Row Of Rattling Vertebrae, Dried Out Like An Old Quill Pen.