I found that life intruding on writing was, in fact, life. And that, tempting as it may be for a writer who is a parent, one must not think of life as an intrusion. At the end of the day, writing has very little to do with writing, and much to do with life. And life, by definition, is not an intrusion.


100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014) - ISBN: 9780374711979


I found that life intruding on writing was, in fact, life. And that, tempting as it may be for a writer who is a parent, one must not think of life...

I found that life intruding on writing was, in fact, life. And that, tempting as it may be for a writer who is a parent, one must not think of life...

I found that life intruding on writing was, in fact, life. And that, tempting as it may be for a writer who is a parent, one must not think of life...

I found that life intruding on writing was, in fact, life. And that, tempting as it may be for a writer who is a parent, one must not think of life...