I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can't do.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's expectations of what I'm allowed to do.
I wanted to see if I could write a good book.
Writing can be fun. I think the challenge is to convey interesting things in accessible ways, and that's what I aim to do in books.
I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.
When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.
Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.
I can only write a book like 'The Tin Drum' or 'From the Diary of a Snail' at a special period of my life. The books came about because of how I felt and thought at the time.
Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
Writing is the hardest thing I know, but it was the only thing I wanted to do. I wrote for 20 years and published nothing before my first book.
I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.
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