Because one has written other books does not mean the next becomes any easier.
The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord.
There are two types of people ... the scrutinizers and the scrutinized
Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.
Violence is the way stupid people try to level the playing field.
Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track.