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I have a tendency to coddle my sons because I want to keep them safe, but I also want them to be strong and independent and curious and bold, and I worry that my coddling is going to have exactly the opposite effect.

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I teach intermittently, and while I enjoy it, I don't find that it's a calling for me.

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It's the feeling of being lifted out of my life into another world that is the thrill of writing fiction.

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I always feel very afraid as I work on books. It's just so hard to write a decent book!

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As a journalist, I have wanted very much to find a way to write about the music industry, and it's been frustrating to me that that's never worked out.

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Music makes time fall away like almost nothing else. You hear a song from another moment of your life, and it really is like you're still there.

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I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand. I think if I didn't have a computer, I just couldn't do it. Maybe it's a brain-section issue.

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For me, New York is about anonymity; that's the draw. It's not at all about other people in my business being nearby. It's that I can get on the subway and eavesdrop on conversations that I would never have access to otherwise. That's why I stay. That's why I could never leave.

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I should say, I don't write about myself or my life. So for me, in fiction, it's always been about what I can dream up, that feels far away from me.

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When I had my first child, I didn't write for a year, and I felt when I tried to start again I might actually not be able to do it anymore. I really could not do it well, and I felt out of sorts with it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: September 7th, 1962

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