'The famous British psychoanalyst and paediatrician D. W. Winnicott argued that parents do not need to be perfect; they need to be good enough. '

The famous British psychoanalyst and paediatrician D. W. Winnicott argued that parents do not need to be perfect; they need to be good enough. Of course, Winnicott was a writer too. His influential theory was written in his book.

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'Radio allowed me to develop a poetic and humorous ambiguity. In the screenplay, this proves difficult to maintain.'

Radio allowed me to develop a poetic and humorous ambiguity. In the screenplay, this proves difficult to maintain. My canvas expands, and the two men in Izzy's life lose their offstage status, and feature in actuality.

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'Elizabeth Taylor is often described as a writer's writer and there are many lessons, and warnings, tucked inside her work.'

Elizabeth Taylor is often described as a writer's writer and there are many lessons, and warnings, tucked inside her work. Her piercing glance exposes all manner of writerly characteristics and pretensions.

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'I write wholly for you, and a craven need for your approval, but at the same time I do not actually care what you think. '

I write wholly for you, and a craven need for your approval, but at the same time I do not actually care what you think. Where you rate my writing highly, I will mostly think you correct, and where you criticise it, you will often simply be mistaken.

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'My beat across London takes me North and South and East. Each side has a map of variations on language, and accents of English. '

My beat across London takes me North and South and East. Each side has a map of variations on language, and rounded, and jagged, accents of English. The blur delights me, as I have to take a break and pick a note.

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'With Tales From The Caribbean, my writing day was broken up into researching and summarising the stories, before I could even begin to create my own versions. '

With Tales From The Caribbean, my writing day was broken up into researching and summarising the stories. Before I could even begin to create my own versions, I had to study the form and get to the heart.

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'Even at their most seductive, these projects have lacked something. They have never had that beating heart.'

Even at their most seductive, these projects have lacked something. They have never had that beating heart, that sense of drawing me onwards, that life. I've had to force myself to continue with them.

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'How did it happen that it's not enough to tell wonderful stories, or write amazing poems, but that we have also to be salesmen?'

How did it happen that it's not enough to tell wonderful stories, or write amazing poems, but that we have also to be public speakers, salesmen, advertising gurus, social media buffs?

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'I have discovered I can write a disgustingly grisly murder. I don't know why. I haven't had a violent past.'

I have discovered I can write a disgustingly grisly murder. I don't know why. I haven't had a violent past. I've never worked for the judiciary, or the police. I just really enjoy writing nasty things.

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'Agatha Christie, for example, was so shy she would retreat from a party even as she stood at the door. '

Agatha Christie, for example, was so shy she would retreat from a party even as she stood at the door. For the tenth anniversary of The Mousetrap, she arrived at The Savoy celebration and was turned away, unable to admit who she was.

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