Max Apple

The things that block a writer are not the lack of words, but the same things that block all people - the difficulties of life.

I'm not driven. I love writing. My imagination is always working. I write when I have time, and life allows me the time.

A volume of stories, bereft of continuity in plot and character, is often unified only by the writer's obsessiveness.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.

I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.

When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinking about the fact that I'm thinking about it. I just want to be in it. It's one element of hypnosis.