The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and…

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Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up...

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up...

I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to...

I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to...

Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that...

Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that...

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture,...

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture,...

With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some...

With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some...

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it...

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it...

I love to both give and receive very old books.

I love to both give and receive very old books.

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is...

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is...

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred...

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred...

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I...

I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I...

I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover...

I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover...

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting...

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting...

I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year,...

I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year,...

I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and...

I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and...

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted...

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted...

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.

There's never a false note in a Berg novel.

There's never a false note in a Berg novel.