I think, often, people who run away are people who got into things most enthusiastically, and then they want more. They just demand more of life than what is happening in the moment. Sometimes this is a great mistake, as it's always a good deal different than you expect it.
タグ: moment, you, good, life

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I seem to turn out stories that violate the discipline of the short story form and don't obey the rules of progression for novels. I don't think about a particular form: I think more about fiction, let's say a chunk of fiction.
タグ: story, more, think, discipline
I had my first baby at twenty-one.
タグ: had, first, baby
Some of the stories I admire seem to zero in on one particular time and place. There isn't a rule about this. But there's a tidy sense about many stories I read. In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes the way I do this is not very straightforward.
タグ: way, sometimes, time, work
'The New Yorker' was really my first experience with serious editing. Previously, I'd more or less just had copyediting with a few suggestions - not much.
タグ: editing, serious, new, experience
Time is something that interests me a whole lot - past and present, and how the past appears as people change.
タグ: people, time, me, change
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