Watched "Jennifer Byrne Presents" recently, and she interviewed Peter Carey, Paul Auster, and Ian McEwan. Transcript is via this link.
What struck me is that, on top of feeling compelled to write and being good at it, they became writers to avoid being employed by someone else, and so they could control when they work and not have to work 9 to 5!
They talk about how long it took to get their first novels published, and how they view other authors.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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