I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

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I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and...

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and...

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk...

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk...

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're...

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're...

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at...

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at...

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world...

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world...

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...