Novel-writing is the only place where someone who would have liked to do anything can still do that vicariously.
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Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.
I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.
Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.
Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.
I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.
Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
Part of the reason I wanted to write a novel was that in fiction I could do something that's difficult to do in real life, which is to dwell on the stark details of the experience without really needing to create that narrative of redemption.
Writing novels is where I'm most comfortable. It's a very intimate experience.
The conclusion I came to was that even if I couldn't sell books, I still liked the process of writing.
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