Monica Dickens prolific writer and journalist talks to
LEIGH CRUTCHLEY
' I had twenty jobs in two years because I fiuured out you can stand anything, you know, as long as you aren'going to do it for too lony.'
' People don'look at people any more. Schoolchildren don'look at one now. Why is this? It's the first thing I would teach them if I were a teacher.'
'I think writing is a knack-you've either not it or you haven't-like an eye for a ball or being able to play the piano.'