In the mornings, he likes taking his time to drink a cup of coffee while listening to the culture programme from NRK, the public service radio station. He showers afterwards. Morning His working day never starts before 11 o’clock in the morning. “I know that many writers are busy at
Twenty years later I had been on my own in the city a long time and was working as a translator in a manufacturing plant. I would get up at five a.m.; work began at six-thirty. Every morning the loudspeaker blared the national anthem into the factory yard; at lunch
Clancy offered advice that can be applied to any style of writing. Tell the story. “Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.” What’s the difference, you may ask? Instead of trying to impress critics with his literary pyrotechnics, Clancy said he told stories to “take people
He Writes Early, Really Early 4 am. That’s right, Brown starts every morning writing from 4 am — 11 am. That’s eye-watering early. For many people, especially as winter creeps in, that time is irrationally early. Yet Brown understands that everyone is different and that’s just the way he works
I don’t know why I write. If I knew the answer, I probably wouldn’t have to. But it is a compulsion. You don’t choose it, it chooses you. And I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody. THE RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH PAUL AUSTER – THE RUMPUS.NET Known best for his New York-centred
I have an espresso machine, a guitar, a huge couch and a TV and a fridge. And I’m usually the only one there. In short: The perfect writing room. So, when I get up in the morning I take a long look at it, assemble my notes and laptop and
4 a.m to 5:30 a.m. Wintour says she typically wakes up between 4 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on workdays, and the first thing she does is read both the British (she’s originally from London) and the American newspapers online to make sure she knows exactly what’s happening in the world.
Isabel Allende starts every year by lighting a candle and sitting down to begin a new novel. When were you happiest? When my children were babies. What is your earliest memory? A man’s white linen pants and white patent shoes stained with blood. I was three and the man was
I certainly don’t sit down and plan a book out before I write it. There’s a phrase I use called “The Valley Full of Clouds.” Writing a novel is as if you are going off on a journey across a valley. The valley is full of mist, but you can
Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. INTERVIEWER Where do you write? PAMUK I have always thought that the place where you sleep or the place you share with your partner should be separate from