The Lady Was Old, The Lady Was

I Am The Sole Author Of The Dictionary That Defines Me.

I'm A Writer Who Never Writes About Sex. It's So Far From My Own Fictional World.

And It's Just Anathema To Being A Writer. It's Not Healthy. But In Another Way, When I'm Writing, What It's About For Me Is Being Good On The Page. None Of That Noise Could Change The Way I Feel About My Writing. Which Is Not Always Particularly Positive.

It's Got Two Aspects. The Bit That Involves The Public Life I Could Not Really Tolerate And Cannot Really Tolerate. I Just Can't Get Used To The Idea Of Being Somebody Unreal In People's Minds. I Can't Live My Life Like That.

I'm Most Honest About Writing When I'm Talking To Family Or Friends, Not To Newspapers.