Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

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I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long,...

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long,...

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in...

When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in...

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's...

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's...

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are...

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are...

I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and...

I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and...

I've spent my life supporting myself.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what...

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what...

You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And...

You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And...

There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way...

There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way...

I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.

I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.

It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of...

It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of...

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian...

Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian...

While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily...

While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily...

I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that...

I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that...

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and...

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and...