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One reason I quit doing interviews after years and years and years was because I was making things up.

I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.

I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.

It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will.

I might just stop talking again and not do interviews.

One thing that's always helped quell my writerly anxieties is seeking out interviews with writers I admire.

I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75.

I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a long while.

I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.