The Fun One Can Have Writing Books

Were You Listening To A Word I Said ' 'i Kind Of Switched Off When You Drew Breath.

Writing Needs To Be Practiced; There Is A Limit To How Much Can Be Gleaned From A Teacher Or A Manual. The True Essence Of Writing Is Out There, In The World, And Inside, Within Yourself. To Write, You Have To Give.

Writing Is Not Something You Can Do Or You Can't. It's Not Even Something That 'other People Do' Or 'for Smart People Only' Or Even 'for People Who Finished School And Went To University'. Nonsense. Anyone Can Do It. But No-one Can Do It Straight Off The Bat. Like Plastering, Brain Surgery Or Assembling Truck Engines, You Have To Do A Bit Of Training - Get Your Hands Dirty - And Make Some Mistakes.

Maybe Those Sorts Of Yes-or-no Life-and-death Decisions Are Easier To Make Because They Are So Black And White. I Can Cope With Them Because It's Easier. Human Emotions, Well. . .they're Just A Fathomless Collection Of Grays And I Don't Do So Well On The Midtones.

Marriage Is An Honorable Estate And Should Not Be Used Simply As An Excuse For Legal Intercourse.