The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my…

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New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and...

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and...

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it...

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it...

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world...

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world...

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid...

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid...

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book...

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book...

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and...

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and...

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such...

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such...

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.