“To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.” WritingIdeasParentPrecarious Author:Chad Harbach
“A lot of my close friends had tolerantly washed their hands of the whole idea of me writing a book. They had said to themselves, "I don't know what he's doing."” KnowsWritingSaidBookIdeasWholeHandsWriting A BookClose Friends Author:Chad Harbach
“The idea of the writer who writes nineteen novels, with various ups and downs and levels of experimentation, isn't around so much now. There's a focus, I think, on fewer books, with more pressure on each book to succeed. With that there comes, I think, a certain pressure towards shapeliness in fiction. Towards neatness. And I think writers feel that, and it can effect how they write.” ThinkingFeelsWritingBookIdeasCertainLevelsFictionNovelFocusEffectsSucceedPressureVariousFewerUps & DownsExperimentationNineteenNeatness Author:Chad Harbach
“Most writers, most books, you have no idea whether it was a dollar or a million dollars.” BookIdeasMillionsDollarsNo IdeaMillion Dollars Author:Chad Harbach
