For me, the process always has to be pretty intense. I could never write just two or three days a week. It had to be every day.

For many years I didn't have health insurance.

The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

I do think that sports is really rich dramatically that, and this is kind of a self-serving thing to say, but I wonder why there aren't more, better sports novels.

Most writers, most books, you have no idea whether it was a dollar or a million dollars.

For me, the process always has to be pretty intense. I could never write just two or three days a week. It had to be every day.

It remained an open question, how much sympathy love could stand.