When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good for you or any of that.
タグ: like, book, you, good

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I think a lot of the dull parts of first drafts come from a kind of over-managing, intrusive writer who wants to direct traffic. The idea of taking out the parts that the reader could infer is very liberating, and it's weirdly part of radicalizing your work: it allows you to go to new places fast.
タグ: go, think, you, work
I'm not particularly good at doodling. I'll doodle the same face over and over again.
タグ: same, over, face, good
In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.
タグ: others, talent, people, time
I sometimes feel as if ideas for a novel kind of pop up like numbers in a bingo tumbler, and then they're ready to go.
タグ: ideas, sometimes, feel, go
People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness.
タグ: time, the-uncoupling, tenderness, tender, remember, people, passion, memory, meg-wolitzer, meal, life, food, emotion, eaten, eat
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