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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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,...

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

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

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 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,...

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

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

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...

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 even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

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

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...

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...

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've spent my life supporting myself.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

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...