I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

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And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and...

I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and...

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is...

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is...

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all...

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all...

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and...

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the...

I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it.

I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it.

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths...

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.

Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having...

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the...

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't...

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't...

In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The...

In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The...

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big,...

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big,...

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does...

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does...