I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this., New York Times, April 19, 1992...
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Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. ...
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My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold and anything else is just a waste of time.
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I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.
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Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. ...
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I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing
