Luckily I haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'Ah, I'll write a book about that.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.
I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else.
With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm not sure where the story is going.
Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a memoir when you're really part of a larger universe.
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself.
When a book goes well, it abandons me. I am the most abandoned writer in the world.
I never know as a writer when I set out into a novel where it's going to take me.
Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.