I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along.
Rose TremainAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: english
- Born: August 2, 1943
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