My writing day has grown shorter as I've aged, although it seems to produce the same number of pages.

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I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about...

I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about...

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some...

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some...

In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with...

In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with...

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one...

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one...

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or...

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or...

And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in...

And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in...

I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say;...

I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say;...

I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.

I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just...

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just...

I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers...

I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers...

The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.

The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.

She worded it a bit strongly, but I do find myself more and more struck...

She worded it a bit strongly, but I do find myself more and more struck...

None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages...

None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages...

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition...

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition...

For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various...

For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various...

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

My stories are never quite good enough.

My stories are never quite good enough.

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into...

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into...

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never...

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never...