I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.
Writing a book is very personal. It's a very personal relationship. A book will start with something as simple as two men talking about work. That gets the fire going. Sustaining that fire is the hard work. It takes attention and empathy to hone the characters.
Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.
I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.
I think I write and publish as often as I do because I can't bear being without a book to work on... I don't feel I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell, but I know I want to be occupied with the writing process while I'm living.
Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people.
I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.
I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.
When you write a novel, you never have to be in the service of the reader. My only concern with my books is that the world that's created be as logical and whole as possible.