There aren't many shy writers left.
Taste ... is a matter of taste (Tad Allagash)
Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.
I remain a fan of my friend Bret Easton Ellis's 'American Psycho.' I think as a book about New York in the '80s it was pretty excellent.
There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I'm not like that.
The only thing worse for smoking than drinking is quitting drinking. Because then it's the only thing you can do.