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I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the things for which we don't always have a name, and... →
I do find it challenging to leave stuff out. Two of my models for novel-writing are 'The Great Gatsby' and 'As I Lay Dying,' both... →
I do have a sister. I have never written much about sisters before. I am very close to my sister, but, maybe, because we are very close, it never... →
I don't think writers really choose their subjects. I think the subjects, the topics, the themes, choose us, and then we make the most of what we... →
I find the 1940s very compelling. It is a very excitable period in the U.S. when, whether out of necessity or not, everybody was reinventing... →
I get to tell the most interesting stories I know how to tell with the most interesting sentences I know how to compose - and people who aren't... →
I spent a lot of time listening to people. But it's also true that I liked details and listening to people when I was a bartender and when I was... →
I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But at the same time... →
I wish someone else would write a book that clearly and persuasively articulated why women's reproductive rights are so important to this... →
I'm a grown woman. I can come up with plenty of things that I've done and said or didn't say or failed to do that remain with me as... →
I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And also, the... →
I've had a family my entire adult life; I started raising kids when I was 21. I suspect that being part of a family has probably informed my life... →
I've written the best work I know how. And I'm appreciative of the people who read it and care about the work - and that's pretty much... →
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