Being A Writer Is Not

In Italian, The Word For Novel Is Romanzo, "the Romance." The English Is "novel" - Something New. Both Of Those Elements, Experimentation And Love, Are Fundamental To The Form.

Novels Function And The Power Of Novels Function Because Of Their Stories.

She Was Struggling Against A Current That Brought Her Inside Herself.

I Don't Listen To Music When I Write. I Need Silence So I Can Hear The Sound Of The Words.

Sometimes We Are Looking For Somebody We Can Connect With On The Basis Of A Shared Past Or A Tradition Or Experience. And So Finding That You're Sitting Next To Someone Very Much Like You In Terms Of Where They Come From Is Enormously Reassuring.