I Don't Think In Terms

You Only Learn To Be A Better Writer By Actually Writing.

When I Started, There Were No Big Interviews, No Television, No Profiles And All That. The Publishers Were Quite Shockingly Uncommercial, But They Did Look After Their Writers.

People Who Have Lived Through A War Know That As It Approaches, An At First Secret, Unacknowledged, Elation Begins, As If An Almost Inaudible Drum Is Beating ... An Awful, Illicit, Violent Excitement Is Abroad. Then The Elation Becomes Too Strong To Be Ignored Or Overlooked: Then Everyone Is Possessed By It.

It's Lovely To Have Money To Give Away - That's The Bonus Of Winning The Nobel.

Bed Is The Best Place For Reading, Thinking, Or Doing Nothing.