If you're going to immerse yourself in a project for three years, why not stake out a chunk of the world that is completely alien to you and go traveling?
Richard PowersI'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation.
Richard PowersOut of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living.
Richard Powers