My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.

our outside loo, known as the Betty, was a good loo; whitewashed and compact with a flashlight hanging behind the door. I smuggled books in there to read them in secret, claiming constipation.

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere in the middle.

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.

One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love, in all its aspects, opens the self so fully.