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I write in public libraries and sometimes coffee shops. I can't write at home and gave up trying long ago. I need activity around me that I'm forced to block out. It helps me focus.

The book that made me cry hardest was 'Stoner,' by John Williams.

The experience of writing under a pseudonym was tremendously liberating; I could write what I wanted.

I wrote two novels about a yoga studio in Los Angeles published by Penguin under the pen name Rain Mitchell.

I think libraries give the feeling that people are there to work. It's a little bit like an artist's colony in the sense that there's some sort of shared experience. There's respect for quiet, more or less, but otherwise, there's activity.

I'm not a particularly disciplined person in terms of my work habits.

I loved Victoria Glendinning's bio of Vita Sackville-West. I also loved Michael Holroyd's immense biography of Lytton Strachey.

I have always had someone in my life that I consider my reading mentor because I come from a family where reading was not emphasized or even approved of.

If you aren't a reader and you have a kid with his face buried in books, it can be a bit threatening. My parents viewed my reading as somewhat effeminate, but also subversive on some level.

My partner and I weed through our bookshelves and throw stuff out regularly.

It's hard to imagine anyone accusing Lionel Shriver of being a timid writer.

Early on, I got some criticism from other gay writers and queer theorists for being too 'assimilationist,' probably because my characters are outsiders, even in the gay world.

I wish I could calculate my way to a bigger audience, but I don't think I'm smart enough. Actually, I don't think anyone is smart enough. Most calculations along those lines fail.

I keep trying to write happy endings, but my books always end on more of a bittersweet note of ambiguity.

I guess I have an aversion to writing about big events and heroic actions. The everyday has always seemed most important to me in writing, probably because I believe people reveal themselves in how they deal with small details.

It's really fun to write something for kids. You can make it a little bit more extreme and crazy than you would for adults.

When you're sitting in the theater watching your own work be performed, you get to see people's reactions immediately. Unlike with a book, you don't have to wait for responses. That's very satisfying. Unless it's a joke that falls flat.

The only responsible way to write about anything is with honesty.

When you're laughing aloud at David Sedaris' every sentence, it's easy to miss the more serious side of what he's up to.

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