I have a friend who teaches yoga (or is it pilates?), and she said that I don't seem to live in the moment. And I said, "Exactly!" I'd go nuts if I lived in the moment.

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I have a friend who teaches yoga (or is it pilates?), and she said that I don't seem to live in the moment. And I said, "Exactly!" I'd go nuts if I lived in the moment.

I write by hand in my notebooks and number the drafts, so I know how crazy I can get with this. Some writers, like my teacher Marilynne Robinson, she only writes one draft. I've thought about this a lot; I think it's because she writes it 80 times in her head before it comes out.

I'm pretty tight - I rewrite, in some cases, 70 to 80 times before I show it to people.

I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching.

Actually, you’re not famous at all. Maybe you’ll get some traction after you’re dead?