It's totally appropriate to be anxious about the future of things you care about, especially in a shifting world. But I've every expectation that literature will continue to exist. Bill Clegg anxiouscarecontinue Change image and share on social
In the little rural town I grew up in, I missed out on the pop music of the time, the '80s, and now enjoy in retrospect. It's as an adult that I've opened it up to dance, hip-hop, R&B, and even big pop songs. Bill Clegg 80sadultbig share on social
My experience of fiction was, in the beginning, so exploratory. I wasn't sitting down to a desk at Yaddo with a month, thinking I have to have a draft of a novel. Bill Clegg begindeskdraft Change image and share on social
Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear. Bill Clegg fearfrontgreat Change image and share on social
Recovery is an ongoing project that is really discrete from everything else in my life. It allows me to be an agent, allows me to write, allows me to be married, allows me to be part of a family. The writing is not a support beam of recovery but a happy consequence of it. Bill Clegg agentbeamconsequence share on social
I have faith that worthy but misunderstood or ignored books can still prevail - and when they do, fewer joys are as sweet - but authors have families to support and rent to pay, and for them, I hope for acclaim in their time rather than late-in-life or posthumously. Bill Clegg acclaimauthorbook share on social
With memoir, you have the clay of your life to work with. When you're writing a novel, you have to make the clay first. Bill Clegg claylifemake Change image and share on social
My experience is that books take on a life of their own and create their own energy. I've represented books that have been sold for very little money and gone on to great glory, and I've seen books sold for an enormous amount of money published to very little response. Bill Clegg amountbookcreate share on social
I think of the part of me that writes as the most private self. It's the part that's engaged the least with the rest of the world's needs. Bill Clegg engagepartprivate Change image and share on social
I'm rereading Jenny Offill's 'Dept. of Speculation.' I love it, and she's just a magician. Line by line and paragraph by paragraph, it's mesmerizing and so intricately plotted and so nimble. Bill Clegg deptintricatelyjenny Change image and share on social
