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I've been writing full-time since I was 23.

There's more than enough in the world I am currently writing about to last for several lifetimes of writing.

I've been writing since I was 19.

I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.

I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.

I write about my life.

I really only have been seriously writing, finishing things and publishing things since January '91.

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.

Since 1988, I have been writing steadily. I did decide a couple of years or so ago to scale back to writing one book a year - a sort of semi-retirement. But I never did have much success with that plan!