I Was Anticipating That Some Readers Might

You Cannot Predict Literary Success; The Only Way You Can Possibly Aim For It Is To Do Your Thing And Do It Well.

I Read A Lot Of Social History. If I'm In An Art Gallery And A Picture Intrigues Me, I Immediately Write Down The Title And I Google It. I Do A Lot Of Googling And Looking Out For Good Stories. I Can Almost Smell Them Sometimes.

Nowadays, 'invisibility' Was Supposed To Be The Big Problem, But The Way I Saw It Was, All That Mattered Was To Be Visible To Yourself.

The Paradox Of Publicity Is That Even As We Do It, We Know It's Killing Off The Chance Of Another Reader Happening Across Our Book In The Ideal State Of Innocence.

Everybody's Damaged By Something.