I think that inevitably, the trouble our characters go through is a kind of metaphor for what's happening in ourselves.
Alice MattisonWhoever would write books? It's suffering as well as greatly satisfying. And certainly there's suffering in the sense that you don't know for a long time how to do it.
Alice MattisonThere is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear of being offensive in some way.
Alice Mattison