The challenge for any fiction writer is that your job involves simply sitting at a desk for a very, very long time.
Chad HarbachThere are things you do when you're writing that are so fun to do it's almost like they're private jokes that are amusing to you but no one else is going to enjoy them nearly as much and you worry you're going to have to take them out in the end.
Chad HarbachThe novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.
Chad HarbachAnother older writer that had a huge influence on me is Chekhov. More contemporarily, it's hard to say.
Chad Harbach