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There's nothing in the recent past I want to write about.

I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.

They say every writer really just writes about one thing over and over. I guess my one thing is how the past impacts the present.

I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences.

I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer.

All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about.

I write about the things I feel strongly about.

While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.