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I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating characters... →
You have to avoid caricature, at the one end of the spectrum, and sentimentality, at the other; which is not to say that such characters... →
Writing is such a solitary thing, so it's nice, when I'm discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.
Characters are often revealed by the ways they misapprehend others.
I guess I'm struck all the time by how outrageously wrong life is. There are times I can't stand to read the newspapers. It makes me insane.
I guess if life were fair, people who led decent lives would be rewarded, and people who led indecent lives would not be rewarded.
We lived on a farm outside a town of about 900 people. My father was the principal of the elementary school. It was a typical Southern town - there... →
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