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 spent the first 33 years of my life with secrets, and lots of them. I spent a great deal of energy worrying over what people thought and obscuring the things I was ashamed of... trying to appear what I thought was normal. Bill Clegg ashameddealenergy share on social
I work very hard every day not to have a lot of expectations. You just let go of the results, because a book will be on bookshelves and in libraries long after we're gone, and, in some ways, whatever happens is none of our business. Bill Clegg bookbookshelfbusiness 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 was hit by a car when I was 13, and the rumour was immediately that I had been playing chicken with the car with my best friend Kenny in front of the Nutmeg Pantry, which was the only shop in Sharon. In fact, the guy who hit me was inebriated. Bill Clegg carchickenfact 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
We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness. Bill Clegg forgivenesslearnlive Change image and share on social
I was pretty strict in high school about who I would listen to. Musicians like Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell... who were, in my opinion, great writers. The music mattered, but it held hands with the lyrics, and the personality was, overall, unsullied. Bill Clegg bobcatdylan share on social
