I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

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I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of...

I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of...

I'd met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away....

I'd met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away....

I think it's silly for anyone to think you could write under the influence, but...

I think it's silly for anyone to think you could write under the influence, but...

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up...

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up...

I didn't finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria....

I didn't finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria....

You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're...

You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're...

In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a much...

In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a much...

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important...

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important...

When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.

When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that...

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that...

What's funny about Jesus' Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just...

What's funny about Jesus' Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just...