Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that.

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I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

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 like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if...

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if...

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...

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...

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the...

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the...

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...

I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere,...

I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere,...

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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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

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

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd...

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd...

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.

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...

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common...

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common...

Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic...

Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic...

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...