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Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.

I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper.

My mother was a journalist, so writing is not unnatural to me.

I was never a good journalist, because I would make things up. A lot of people frowned on that, which is why I ended up in fiction.

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.

For me, writing isn't a way of being public or private; it's just a way of being. The process is always full of pain, but I like that. It's a reality, and I just accept it as something not to be avoided.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.