You can't be consumed by another person if you're a writer because your relationship is basically with yourself. You're being intimate with your abilities, with your talent. This means in some very viable sense that for a lot of the time you're just having a wank.


The Guardian, 18 March 1995


You can't be consumed by another person if you're a writer because your relationship is basically with yourself. You're being intimate with your...

You can't be consumed by another person if you're a writer because your relationship is basically with yourself. You're being intimate with your...

You can't be consumed by another person if you're a writer because your relationship is basically with yourself. You're being intimate with your...

You can't be consumed by another person if you're a writer because your relationship is basically with yourself. You're being intimate with your...