On my walks, that’s when the good ideas come. The kind of hard, gritty work is when you’re sitting at the computer and it’s kind of intense and you’re kind of in super control of it – the walks are when you let go. That’s when the really big breakthroughs come in, and it’s very strange.
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My first novel didn't sell well. It was really painful and humiliating and shocking to me.
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Birth: | 1964 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Screenwriter, Television Producer, Writer |
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