Judith Rossner

The more interesting the 9-to-5 work is, the more it takes away from my real work, which is writing.

My abiding theme is separations.

I was dictating to my mother when I was 5.

I'm always embarrassed by those rugby player autobiographies which get written by journalists.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.