If you look at Charles Dickens's time, there were so many different levels of society and everybody understood their place in it, it was that complex and simple. I'm not sure we have that now.
Relationships between writers and publishers are of course very strange and change all the time, rather like a see-saw.
My favourite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.
It's funny how things work out sometimes.
The worst time to feel alone is when you're in a crowd.