I could never write a book where the point-of-view character was a short person, because I just can't imagine what that's like.

When I started writing, the deal was that publishers gave you a grand or two as an advance to buy some sweets, with the promise that they would make a big putsch with your fourth book when you'd built up a bit of a following. But by the time my fourth book came out, previously unpublished authors were the new big thing.

I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home.

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