"I still never finish a book without being terrified I can't write another one. I never start one without being terrified I can't finish it. It's sort of a torturous process."
Seventy-five and it's still torture for her. I'm only on my second, and both have felt like getting kicked in the face. I was hoping it would get easier.
She pounds out all her novels ... on a 1946 Olympia manual typewriter and first drafts are usually done in a punishing 20-hour shift.
Key word "punishing."
I don't think I've ever heard of a writer who likes writing. Writers like having written. Probably in the same way that women don't particularly enjoy childbirth, but keep having kids.
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