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I can't seem to write young enough anymore.

I just don't think I can write someone drastically younger than me.

At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you have to lay bare things that are very heavy, and you don't have the means for that.

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

I've been writing since I was 19.

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young!

At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young.

It feels presumptuous to think of writing for adults.

I don't think age has anything to do with what you write about.