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

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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.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan....

I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan....

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for...

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

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...

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.

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...

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'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...

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what...

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what...

I can write anywhere.

I can write anywhere.

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 enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books...

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books...