I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

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I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and...

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and...

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book...

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book...

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at...

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at...

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and...

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and...

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're...

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're...

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it...

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it...

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books...

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books...

I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan....

I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan....

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk...

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk...

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.