When I write, I tend to read it out loud to myself after. I'm a very uncomfortable reader, so it creates a distance between the text and me - it is a new way to see it. Bill Clegg createdistanceloud Change image and 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
Navigating a nonsober world of restaurants and bars, dinner parties, and benefits is like anything that requires practice. Like tennis or a foreign language, it gets easier the more you do it. But like all beginnings, it can be awkward. You stumble, you worry, and then there are unexpected moments of grace that give you the courage to keep going. Bill Clegg awkwardbarbeginning share on social
I really appreciate what it takes to create a book. I understand the loneliness that it involves and the excitement and the vulnerability: I especially identify with that. Bill Clegg bookcreateexcitement Change image and share on social
I think growing up in such a small town - before cell phones, before the Internet, before Facebook, before we had access to people's interiors - there was a great deal of space between people's lives. I spent a lot of time imagining into the lives of the people I grew up with. Bill Clegg accesscelldeal share on social
I identify as an agent when I'm agenting, and I identify as an author when I'm writing. I expect both those things to be true for as long as I'm able to do them. Bill Clegg agentagentingauthor Change image and share on social
If you feel like you don't have a choice to write it, write it. If you feel like you do have a choice, then move on, because there are so many books in the world. Bill Clegg bookchoicefeel Change image and 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
William Kittredge's 'Hole in the Sky' is one of my favorite books. Ian Frazier's 'Family' I adore. Bill Clegg adorebookfamily Change image and share on social
In college, I would follow Bob Dylan around, and I would show up to a concert, and he would sing some song he hadn't sang in a long time, and it would speak to something, and I would think it had some great fateful implication. Bill Clegg bobcollegeconcert share on social