‘I don’t talk about a novel until I’m well into the first draft, and in fact have a private superstition that it will disappear if I do talk about it too soon.’
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‘I like to visit ancient buildings, churches and castles. I concentrate on how the place makes me feel, and ask myself a lot of “What if?” questions.’
‘Writing fiction belongs more to the sleeping, than the waking world, so I try not to surrender myself to the day until I am finished.’