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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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...

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...

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...

I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and...

I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and...

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...

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,...

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's...

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's...

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and...

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and...

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

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

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are...

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are...

When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in...

When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in...

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

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

I've spent my life supporting myself.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the...

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the...