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I used to feel for years and years and years that I was very remiss not to have written a novel and I would question people who wrote novels and try t...more

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I can't play bridge. I don't play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn't seemed time for. But what there is time for i...more

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Anecdotes don't make good stories. Dig down so far that what finally comes out is not even what you thought it was about.

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It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, 'Read,' but a writer can read too much and be pa...more

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Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do you must hang on to it. You must not let yourself be waylaid and have it taken from you.

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A story is not like a road to follow … it's more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling where y...more