If A Book Is Really Good, It

Sometimes It Seems That We Might Have Been Happier If We Had Once Had An Aristocracy To Blame Everything On.

People ... Have No Idea What A Hard Job It Is For Two Writers To Be Friends. Sooner Or Later You Have To Talk About Each Other's Work.

There Are Few Things More Subtly Distressing Than An Inappropriate Gift From Someone Close To You.

A Bookcase Is As Good As A View, As Much Of A Panorama As The Sight Of A City Or A River. There Are Dawns And Sunsets In Books - Storms And Zephyrs.

In Novels, I Said, People Are Transfigured By Love. They’re Elevated, Made Different, Lifted Out Of Their Ordinariness…it’s Not So Much To Ask, I Said. I Just Want Love To Live Up To Its Publicity.