I always feel sad when I come to the end of a book.
Claire Tomalin
I continually get more information about a subject after the book has been published.
I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised by my friends.
The book doesn't end when you finish writing it.
I had forgotten until I looked up old notes that I sold the film rights of my first book, a life of Mary Wollstonecraft: there was a lunch, a... →
If I'm in a state about a book, I'll get up at 6 A.M. and write before breakfast, but usually I'll start afterwards and then work a full... →
It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on... →
Mel Torme
I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book.
Lorraine Toussaint
I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.
Sue Townsend
I could have been a better mother. My children assure me it was fine. But when you are running to catch the train to go to a rehearsal, and you know... →