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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.

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Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them.

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Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.

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I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.

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The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.

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I don't know that happy people are interesting to write about - or to read about.

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I don't know that I'd call myself an optimist.

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My interest in words and literature is always changing. And every day of work is different, and it doesn't feel laborious in the way that, say, washing dishes did. I'm quite happy to be doing what I'm doing, and I feel very lucky.

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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.

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I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're doing this for nothing. An audience is crucial, a back and forth with the invisible readers.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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