I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.

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While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living...

I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living...

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just...

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just...

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up...

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up...

When I read, I'm purely a reader.

When I read, I'm purely a reader.

At most I'll spend three or four hours daily, sometimes less.

At most I'll spend three or four hours daily, sometimes less.

My stories are never quite good enough.

My stories are never quite good enough.

Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to...

Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to...

My writing day has grown shorter as I've aged, although it seems to produce the...

My writing day has grown shorter as I've aged, although it seems to produce the...

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always...

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always...

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into...

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into...

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some...

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some...

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.

The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.

Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does...

Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does...

I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.

I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.

For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various...

For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various...

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They...

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They...

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or...

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or...