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It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing.

Novel writing is solitary work.

Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.

Writing is a solitary occupation.

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

There's nothing easy about writing. It's always difficult. It's always a struggle.

Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

I can't sum up my books. They're all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they're too complicated. But that's the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail.