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At Some Point As Adults We Cease To Be Our Parents' Children And We Become Our Children's Parents Instead.

You Can Write A Great Book And Be Ignored. Literary History Is Full Of Classics That Were Under-appreciated In Their Own Time.

When I Was 30 Or So - By That Time I Had Become An Assistant D.a. - I Decided I Would Try To Write A Novel. To Be Clear: I Did Not Decide To Become A Novelist. Honestly, It Never Crossed My Mind That I Could Actually Earn A Living As A Professional Novelist.

You Know, Being Confident Isn't The Same As Being Right.

I Don't Ever Write With A Particular Audience In Mind. I Just Write Books That Please Me.