An Interview with Jonathan Tropper
"The beauty of being a writer is that every day is literally a chance to start with a blank page."
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Conversations with deep thinkers and game-changers.
An Interview with Jay McInerney
"I still love New York and I can’t imagine living anyplace else. I would say it’s more like a best friend at this point than a lover, and yet there’s still a certain buzz I feel when I see the skyline from a plane or from the Long Island Expressway."
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An Interview with Jay McInerney
"I still love New York and I can’t imagine living anyplace else. I would say it’s more like a best friend at this point than a lover, and yet there’s still a certain buzz I feel when I see the skyline from a plane or from the Long Island Expressway."
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An Interview with Anna Todd
If anyone has revamped the idea of “novelist” for the 21st Century it’s Anna Todd. The two of us talked sex scenes, fandom, her new writing process, and Mr. Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth Bennett.
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An Interview with Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
"I think there is nothing more gripping as an audience member than watching a talented performer genuinely struggle to complete a difficult task. And so I seek that out whenever possible, and write toward that struggle for the performer."
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An Interview with Marisha Pessl & Carey Mulligan
"We need to start prioritizing children whose lives have been torn apart by war."
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An Interview with Marisha Pessl & Jami Attenberg
"Donald Trump is murdering my prose."
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An Interview with Marisha Pessl & Ian Doescher
"There are times as an adult when I’ve realized my life story isn’t going to be what I thought it was going to be…"
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