I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devoted readership.
From Edith Pearlman
I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm.
The ordinary experiences of aging alter and clarify your view of past, present, and future.
There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifying - as long as I can sit at my typewriter, alone, for half a day.
Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobility.
I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity.
I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be.
I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.
I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you've written. If you use a typewriter, you must retype if you make a mistake, and thus, you must re-examine every word.
I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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