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But you can't really know your audiences so well.

I never turned down a mother role.

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.

Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.

I don't write for a particular audience.

I was never part of the crowd.

I was the editor of the school newspaper and in drama club and choir, so I was not a popular girl in the traditional sense, but I think I was known for being relatively scathing.