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

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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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

I've spent my life supporting myself.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...