Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other.

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I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way...

There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way...

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if...

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if...

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what...

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what...

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere,...

I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere,...

You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And...

You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And...

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.

I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common...

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common...

While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily...

While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily...

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd...

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd...

Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time,...

Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time,...

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long,...

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long,...

It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of...

It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of...

You know, some of the good part of blog theory was that blogs would be...

You know, some of the good part of blog theory was that blogs would be...

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one...

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one...

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play...

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play...