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'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.
I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it.
Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.
Oh yes, I've been approached to do all sorts of nonsense. How about a remake of 'West Side Story?'
The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write.
I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.
What would anyone want to write about me for? I'm just an old lady.
