As Soon As You Start Writing About

But I Have Always - Ever Since The Accidental Woman - Written Novels About Individuals Attempting To Make Choices In The Context Of Situations Over Which They Have No Control.

The Plain Fact Is That She Never Really Liked Me, And Never Wanted Me. I Had Been A Mistake; And That, To Some Extent, Is What I Remain In My Own Eyes, To This Day. The Knowledge Never Goes, Can Never Be Undone. You Just Have To Find A Way To Live With It.

I Live A Perfectly Happy And Comfortable Life In Blair's Britain, But I Can't Work Up Much Affection For The Culture We've Created For Ourselves: It's Too Cynical, Too Knowing, Too Ironic, Too Empty Of Real Value And Meaning.

Objectivity Is Just Male Subjectivity.

Writers Never Feel Comfortable Having Labels Attached To Them, However Accurate They Are.