Quote of the day

"A story is not like a road to follow. It's more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling where you like and discovering how the rooms and corridors relate to each other, how the world outside is altered by being viewed from these windows."

Alice Munro, recipient of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize, as quoted in yesterday's profile piece in the Observer.

I've had a copy of Runaway sitting on the shelf for a couple of years now - must take a look.