I don't think writing fiction has changed my worldview.

I don't think writing fiction has changed my worldview.

A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom.

For example, if it's a sad scene, I need to feel that way, at least to a slight degree and for a short while, to get it right. Which is why I sometimes listen to music when I'm revising. Music creates moods for me quicker than any other medium.

Id always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.

Some people were born just so they could be buried.

I'm not sure I would have ever decided to try to write when I was forty-five if I hadn't already gotten that degree [in English].