I would argue, for perspective's sake, that the arc of a really literary work is precisely that it both intensely reflects, and simultaneously transc….

That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its imp….

When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particu….

The fact that I am constantly immersed in the act of legal writing and editing has made me a better and more efficient creative writer and editor. In….

If I waited to be in the mood to write, I'd barely have a chapbook of material to my name. Who would ever be in the mood to write? Do marathon runner….

I love teaching online at my website and soon I'll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don't have time for a full-time teaching gig.….

If you're afraid to talk to the other adults in your school it is definitely throughout history the hallmark of a failing school. When I was writing ….

I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better..

Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time..

I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories a….

What we conceal Is always more than what we dare confide. Think of the letters that we write our dead..

But being able to talk to so many patients from so many walks of life gives a tremendous window into people's lives. This is not to say I want to wri….

I think that's just what happens when you write a big bestseller. After that you need to find out: What's the best way to go on? And the worst thing ….

Anyone who writes is too precious to lose..

I have to really think hard about how to structure sentences, and do more mapping when I sit down to write, so it does impose a certain discipline, i….

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed..

I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write co….

The writer has to take risks and go somewhere full of mystery and possibility for the novel to deepen over the years it takes to write it..

I start a picture and I finish it..

I try to only work on the screenplays for a few hours a day when I'm in my most voluble mood, just sort of writing whatever comes into my head. It's ….

My most recent novel didn't start out scaring me, but as I got deeper into writing it, it scared me. It's not so much where the story's going. It's w….