Certainly a decade and a half out in the real world, bashing my head against things, probably made me into a more textured writer. It gives you something to write about.
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I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.
I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it.
When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel.
One tends to overlook the fact that all during the 30's and actually during the late 40's I was a highly successful writer and a great many properties accumulated during that period of time.
It was writing about music for NPR - connecting with music fans and experiencing a sense of community - that made me want to write songs again. I began to feel I was in my head too much about music, too analytical.
In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.
I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.
I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.
I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.
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