Writing A Novel Resembles A Journey With

For Children, Childhood Is Timeless. It Is Always The Present. Everything Is In The Present Tense. Of Course, They Have Memories. Of Course, Time Shifts A Little For Them And Christmas Comes Round In The End. But They Don't Feel It. Today Is What They Feel, And When They Say 'when I Grow Up,' There Is Always An Edge Of Disbelief - How Could They Ever Be Other Than What They Are?

Finally, You Had To Measure Yourself By Other People - There Really Was Nothing Else. Every Now And Then, Quite Unintentionally, Someone Taught You Something About Yourself.

In My Experience An Appreciative Letter From A Fellow Writer Means A Lot.

Novels Help Us To Resist The Temptation To Think Of The Past As Deficient.

There Are Ways In Which Art Can Have A Longer Reach Than Politics.