“I think I was pushed in a way to write this book (”The Hundred Secret Senses”) by certain spirits in my life. They’ve always been there.. to kick me in the ass to write….
“I know that this subject is fodder for ridicule…. But ultimately, I have to write what I have to write about, including [...]

One of last year’s films, Pan’s Labyrinth, was acclaimed for its powerful story and richly beautiful as well as terrifying images.
Writer and director Guillermo del Toro once commented, “When you have the intuition that there is something which is there, but out of the reach of your physical world, art and religion are the only [...]

“My wife says that when I emerge from my office and declare that not only am I writing a bad book, I’m writing the worst book anyone has ever started, then she knows that I’m two-thirds of the way there.”
Excerpts from article: With ‘Spook Country,’ William Gibson is still carving out his corner of cyberspace, [...]

“Each year hundreds of screenplays become feature films. And each year thousands of teleplays become television episodes.
“Opportunity-wise, televisions’s got feature films beat. TV’s got the heat. The magic. The glitz. All that’s missing is you. How do you change that?
“Well, first you’ve got to dedicate yourself to the Game. Accept the fact that TV is [...]

“Don’t worry about getting into the profession. Write anyway to make your soul grow.
“That’s what the practice of any art is, it isn’t to make a living, it’s to make your soul grow.”
From interview: Vonnegut on Fiction

Amy Hempel has been creating short stories for more than twenty years. In a recent interview, she talked about some of her origins and personality as a writer.
[The following is from the article "Hempel's short stories are long on finish" by Hillel Italie, Associated Press / Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2007.]
“The way I got [...]