By The Tits Of Holy Agnes

When I Began To Read As An Adult, My First Big Enthusiasm Was Evelyn Waugh. I Read Almost Exclusively Novelists Of A Generation Back. I Did The Russians, Then I Started Getting More Up To Date.

Imagine The Consequences Of Having The First Woman Prime Minister Who Is The Milk Snatcher. [margaret Thatcher] Takes Away The Nourishment Of The Nation.

As A Writer, You Owe It To Yourself Not To Get Stuck In A Rut Of Looking At The World In A Certain Way.

Memory Isn't A Theme; It's Part Of The Human Condition.

Fiction Isn't Made By Scraping The Bones Of Topicality For The Last Shreds And Sinews, To Be Processed Into Mechanically Recovered Prose. Like Journalism, It Deals In Ideas As Well As Facts, But Also In Metaphors, Symbols And Myths.