So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
“I mean, first, almost all writers these days teach because they don't make enough money publishing to live on, to support themselves - people like Tobias Wolff, Anne Beattie, Amy Hempel, Stuart Dybek; a lot of short story writers, for one thing.”
“This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job.”