Paris Review – The Art of Fiction No. 183, Tobias Wolff
INTERVIEWER: Why don’t writers like to talk about what they’re working on? TOBIAS WOLFF: Writers are superstitious. I don’t mean knock on wood, throw salt over the shoulder—let me try to explain. I...
View ArticleParis Review – The Art of Fiction No. 62, John Cheever
INTERVIEWER: I was reading the confessions of a novelist on writing novels: “If you want to be true to reality, start lying about it.” What do you think? JOHN CHEEVER: Rubbish. For one thing the words...
View ArticleParis Review – The Art of Fiction No. 40, Vladimir Nabokov
INTERVIEWER: E. M. Forster speaks of his major characters sometimes taking over and dictating the course of his novels. Has this ever been a problem for you, or are you in complete command? NABOKOV:...
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