People demand a lot of the justice system and they demand things that it can't deliver.

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But I now think what I was doing, in a completely unconscious way, was getting...

But I now think what I was doing, in a completely unconscious way, was getting...

The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the...

The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the...

The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree...

The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree...

That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore...

That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore...

It's a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else's life.

It's a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else's life.

But I can't bear it when somebody who some man made a pass at -...

But I can't bear it when somebody who some man made a pass at -...

I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence.

I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence.

I think writers are very anxious.

I think writers are very anxious.

Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite...

Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite...

Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and...

Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and...

I like poking my nose into other people's lives.

I like poking my nose into other people's lives.

Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which...

Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which...

But there are some wounds that can never be healed.

But there are some wounds that can never be healed.

I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind...

I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind...

It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear...

It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear...

At the time it seemed like a natural development of my interest in what was...

At the time it seemed like a natural development of my interest in what was...

We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour...

We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour...