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Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than... →
I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that, I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.
When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.
Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it... →
I listen to a lot of different stuff, from Mozart to Johnny Dowd to Monster Magnet. I don't listen to music while I'm writing a draft, but I... →
When I was growing up, I just wanted to be somewhere else. I didn't like living in Knockemstiff, and I figured when I got older, I'd move off... →
I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.
I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.
I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that with my talent. I don't think it... →
I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.
I'm not really a good reader. What I mean is, I think I'm not one of those people who can read a story and analyze it just like that.
I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.
I'm probably the least cerebral guy you're ever going to meet as a writer.
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