“I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have writte...” — V. S. Naipaul Quote

“I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.”

“That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.”

“If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.”

“I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.”

“If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than women?”

“I'm not sure what it means fully to be a parent.”