I'm not considered as illegitimate as I once was. Because in a sense, I'm like lip cancer - I'm not going to go away.

A lot of the writers I've known for 20 years, who used to say, 'Maybe they're right - the novel is dead!' - well, now they don't feel that it's necessarily the biggest job or most sacred calling on the planet. But it's definitely a real thing - it's always been here, always will be here, and one might just as well buckle down and get to work.

I am not a team player, including my inadequacies as a parent.

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