My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run. Justin Cronin aerobicbasicallyexercise Change image and share on social
Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person. Justin Cronin calculatecareerchoose Change image and share on social
My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain. Justin Cronin basicallybeautybrush Change image and share on social
And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction. Justin Cronin apocalypticdietfiction Change image and share on social
My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one. Justin Cronin bookchapternecessarily Change image and share on social
I'm a workmanlike writer. I show up every day and treat it like a job. The old rule that writing is like any other job, the first rule is that you must show up. I'm at the keyboard from 9 to 4 every day. Justin Cronin dayjobkeyboard share on social
One of the things you get to do as a writer is that you get to learn new stuff all the time, and I hope that I'm a better writer when I'm 70 than I was when I was 30. That's one of the great things about a literary career. Justin Cronin careergreathope share on social
Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to write and have to write 50 times. Justin Cronin bookchallengefigure Change image and share on social
So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are. Justin Cronin bookhavepresence Change image and share on social
I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse. Justin Cronin apocalypseberlincold Change image and share on social
