Writing Routines Robert Harris’ Writing Routine: “I can’t imagine an existence in which I didn’t write.”
Writing Routines Jayne Anne Phillips’ Writing Routine: “I never know what the final arc of a novel is. I’m really inside the material.”
Writing Routines Russell Banks’ Writing Routine: “The university is exploiting me and I’m exploiting the university.”
Writing Routines Anne Tyler’s Writing Routine: “The creative urge is like a small child; it craves routine.”
Writing Routines Elizabeth Strout’s Writing Routine: “I write first thing in the morning after having breakfast with my husband.”
Interviews / Poets Interview with PS Conway: “Poetry is precision. It’s quiet, distilled, and often emotionally surgical.”
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Art Bell: “I had bursts of creative inspiration, and then fallow periods where I didn’t write much at all.”
Writing Routines Larry McMurtry’s Writing Routine: “I will stop in the middle of a sentence in order to avoid exceeding my page limit.”
Writing Routines Andrew Sean Greer’s Writing Routine: “Once those pages are done, I’m allowed to do anything I like.”
Writing Routines James Patterson’s Writing Routine: “A lot of writers fall in love with their sentences.”
Writing Routines Tony Parsons’ Writing Routine: “I’ve had to be disciplined or I don’t pay the bills.”
Writing Routines Colson Whitehead’s Writing Routine: “You have your hopes and wishes for the project, and then your limitations as an artist.
