David Bergen Quotes
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I was a big reader of Zane Grey as a young boy, and so horses and the West figured large in my imagination.
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One day, at my office, I wrote down some names and dates and notes, and I wrote a title, 'The Age of Despair,' and then some other 'Ages' - Innocence, God, Reason, Hope - and I wrote this as well: 'Woman, born in 1930, lives till the age of 80 or so, suffers depression, marries a car dealer, has children who grow up to confuse her.'
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I think a construction project for me is like writing a novel. I can't do the project unless I can envision sort of the whole structure and see what the end result might be.
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I usually submit a novel at a certain number of words, and when I've finished working with my editor, the novel is longer than when I submitted it. I need my editor to help me open up the story.
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Every year, the Giller jury is different. You write the best book you can and throw it out there.
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Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is right or those who make decisions that shock.
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Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.