I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.
Anne EnrightI've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not feel any big pressure. The Gathering did hang over me in that it was darker than I thought at the time.
Anne EnrightImagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you ยญfinish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die.
Anne Enright