American - Author | June 26, 1955 -
The only responsible way to write about anything is with honesty.
Stephen McCauley
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The experience of writing under a pseudonym was tremendously liberating; I could write what I wanted.
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I keep trying to write happy endings, but my books always end on more of a bittersweet note of ambiguity.
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I guess I have an aversion to writing about big events and heroic actions. The everyday has always seemed most important to me in writing, probably because I believe people reveal themselves in how they deal with small details.
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My partner and I weed through our bookshelves and throw stuff out regularly.
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I write in public libraries and sometimes coffee shops. I can't write at home and gave up trying long ago. I need activity around me that I'm forced to block out. It helps me focus.
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The book that made me cry hardest was 'Stoner,' by John Williams.
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I wrote two novels about a yoga studio in Los Angeles published by Penguin under the pen name Rain Mitchell.
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I think libraries give the feeling that people are there to work. It's a little bit like an artist's colony in the sense that there's some sort of shared experience. There's respect for quiet, more or less, but otherwise, there's activity.
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I'm not a particularly disciplined person in terms of my work habits.
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I loved Victoria Glendinning's bio of Vita Sackville-West. I also loved Michael Holroyd's immense biography of Lytton Strachey.
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I have always had someone in my life that I consider my reading mentor because I come from a family where reading was not emphasized or even approved of.
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