Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven't listened to much music. I used…

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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...

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 been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that...

I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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 think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

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

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 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,...

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...

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.

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...

I've spent my life supporting myself.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

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,...

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...

Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian...

Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian...

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

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...