When I'm writing solitude feels very good. But when I'm not writing it feels lonely... Having a big family solves that problem.
Michael ChabonI love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.
Michael ChabonWith patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on.
Michael ChabonI might spend 100 pages trying to get to know the world I'm writing about: its contours, who are my main characters, what are their relationships to each other, and just trying to get a sense of what and who this book is about. Usually around that point of 100 pages, I start to feel like I'm lost, I have too much material, it's time to start making some choices. It's typically at that point that I sit down and try to make a formal outline and winnow out what's not working and what I'm most interested in, where the story seems to be going.
Michael Chabon