The Mozart Quintet is not shut up in Salzburg: I have it in my pocket.
My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used.
When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.
I always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow.
Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not.
I don't yet know what style will be required for my next novel, but my sense is that each book will involve a new relationship to language.
I tend to focus less on genre as a starting point and more on idea or intention and let the idea dictate genre.
I love LA, but we don't really have beautiful natural things to look at. I just want to be in nature and go back to my roots and just see beautiful things, that's really all I want.
No wonder you guys lost.
I was approached to do something for seven years, and it was a quality project. I did seriously think about it, but I didn't want to be away for six months of the year. I've never done the L. A. thing where you go and have loads of meetings; I can't say to my wife, 'I'm going to wait by a pool for six months. '
The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.