Do You Know Anyone Who Would -

What A Sense Of Possession, Of Confidence, It Gave One To Have Pockets, To Shove One's Fists Into Them, As If In Simply Owning Pockets One Owned Riches, Owned Independence.

My Style Of Writing Is To Allow The Story To Unfold On Its Own. I Try Not To Structure My Work Too Rigidly.

The Book Begins And Ends With The Visits To Give The Impression Of A Tunnel Into Their Ancestors And Family History. I Believe In Going Backwards Into The Past - I Felt I Was Digging A Tunnel Back To The Past.

When I Am Writing, I Focus One Hundred Percent On My Writing. Then, By The Time I'm Half Way Through The Book, I'm Already Thinking About The Ending.

Someone Who Wants To Write Should Make An Effort To Write A Little Something Every Day. Writing In This Sense Is The Same As Athletes Who Practice A Sport Every Day To Keep Their Skills Honed.