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I read pretty voraciously. If it's good, I don't care what it is.

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Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.

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When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so that I usually don't write, or take notes. And I certainly don't begin. I just allow things to percolate for a while.

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When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally not. And usually themes will recur from novel to novel in odd, new guises.

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Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.

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You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next.

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Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.

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HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

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I can be glib and truthful all at once.

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What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: July 15th, 1949

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