Douglas Kennedy may refer to: (wikipedia)
We all talk about how much we hate lies. Yet we prefer, so often, to be lied to....because it allows us to dodge all those painful truths we'd rather not hear.
We can rarely tell others what we really think about them--not just because it would so wound them, but also because it would so wound ourselves.
With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.
There were moments when I felt seriously unhinged; when I was convinced that I would never, ever recover from what had happened, when it was absolutely clear to me that life from this point on would be constant agony ...
All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?
Words matter, words have import.
We all want to fix things. Just as we all believe that so much in life can be rectified. Mend fences, build bridges, reach out, engage in mutual healing.
From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.
I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.
Success is a very fragile veneer. I get wary of people who embrace celebrity. It ruins people.
