I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
If you are any kind of writer at all, you are in all of your writings.
A writer is what I am.
For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.
When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.
Like most writers, I read deeply into the genre in which I write.
You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.
My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about.
I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.