And I thought if I don't pre-interview - first of all, we couldn't afford it - but the second thing was it would force me to do my own research, which takes two weeks.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I did, but I'm not real fond of giving interviews.
I don't really like doing interviews.
I am a demanding person to interview.
Ah, I don't do interviews, really.
I don't do interviews under false pretenses.
Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed.
I don't do interviews.
Interviews are usually a follow-up, like a press junket or a publicity junket, or something like that, and I'm not doing any of that right now. I don't have any axes to grind.
For TV you also get those pre-interviews when researchers ask you what you're going to say. The pre-interview drives me insane. If they've already decided the outcome, why don't I just hand in an essay? Maybe if we talk we'll find something out. I'd rather just have an awkward pause.
I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.