- Nov 07, 2020
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- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.
- Meaningful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fiction is socially meaningful.
- Block
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block.
- Knew
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have traveled the entire state and spent a lot of time out of doors. So I have known the landscape of the Columbia Basin for quite a while, and I have had this strong feeling about it for many years.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of myself as a really happy person.
- Falter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world... When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an urban person.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.
- Haunts
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020