I Deliberately Made An Effort Not To

I Am Trying To Make Clear Through My Writing Something Which I Believe: That Biography- History In General- Can Be Literature In The Deepest And Highest Sense Of That Term.

Ballet Is Sort Of A Mystery To Me. And I Don't Want To Unravel That Mystery.

I Try To Have A Mood Or A Rhythm For A Chapter.

My Predictions Are Notably Inaccurate

There's A Feeling About It. You Feel Almost Like A Cabinetmaker, Laying Planks. There's A Real Feeling When You Know You're Getting It Right. It's A Physical Feeling.