The Paris Review Interviews, I

16 Celebrated Interviews

By: The Paris Review

how do great writers do it? from james m. cain's hard-nosed observation that "writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. there are problems to be solved. it's not all inspirational," to joan didion's account of how she composes a book--"i constantly retype my own sentences. every day i go back to page one and just retype what i have. it gets me into a rhythm"--the paris review has...