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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think that art should be for everyone. And people should be moved by it.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it. But looking back now, I'm really glad I did, because it forces independence on you.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in westerns, or there's a minimal amount of it.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, I washed dishes for a living. I had no high-school diploma, I had no agent, and my literary successes were non-existent... but it was the only thing I ever wanted to do, so I did feel trapped.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.
- Rough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were supposed to do: to go out on the road.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
After school, I got a job in a shop in Hollywood and shared an apartment with a friend. I promptly lost my job and got evicted from my apartment, and that happened several times.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020