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It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.
That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life.
Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.
A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something... →
I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative from movies as I did from reading novels... →
I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street,' or '#OccupyWallStreet.' It works... →
I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for... →
My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings... →
People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy making... →
There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are... →
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