I'm not a big believer in disciplined writers. What does discipline mean? The writer who forces himself to sit down and write for seven hours every day might be wasting those seven hours if he's not in the mood and doesn't feel the juice. I don't discipline equals creativity. |
It should have been written already, |
It's definitely there, |
Lunar Park came out of wanting to write a Stephen King novel. In 1989, I wanted to write two genre novels. I wanted to write a Stephen King novel and a Robert Ludlum novel. I loved those genres and those writers. |
Mailer is a genius. He's the one I most connect with in terms of fiction — his range is so wide. That's the sort of boldness I aspire to. |
My father's ashes were kept in a safe deposit box for a long time, |
The whole thing is emotional, |
The writer in the new novel is haunted by everything - his father, the things he wrote. American Psycho haunts me and it will be on my gravestone. That's why it is such an important part of Lunar Park . |
We were all such Didion junkies in college that might still be the highlight of my career. |
Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour. |
you simply didn't have to pay as much attention to things. The precise pose was no longer required. |