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Novel writing wrecks homes.

I find coming up with a title the hardest part of writing a novel.

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.

I wrote the worst novel ever.

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.

Writing is hard - writing is the hardest.