I'm Going Mad, I Told

It's Good To Get Your Hands Dirty A Bit And To Test How You See Things At A Given Point. And It's Very Pleasing After Writing Something Like 'atonement' Or 'on Chesil Beach,' Which Are Historical, To Get Involved In Some Plausible Re-enactment Of The Here And Now.

I Often Don't Read Reviews.

I Actually Find Novels That Are Determined To Be Funny At Every Turn Quite Oppressive.

Self-consciousness Is The Destroyer Of Erotic Joy.

The End Of Secrecy Would Be The End Of The Novel - Especially The English Novel. The English Novel Requires Social Secrecy, Personal Secrecy.