It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

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I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call...

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call...

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.'...

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.'...

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also...

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also...

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

Memory feeds imagination.

Memory feeds imagination.

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading...

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading...

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time...

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time...

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and...

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and...

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing...

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the...

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the...

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should...

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should...

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I...

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I...