What time of day do you write?
The morning. My philosopher friend Galen Strawson divides humanity into those who feel they are living in a constantly unfolding narrative, a life story that informs our every moment, and those who existence is discontinuous. I now understand that I belong in this latter group, even while I’ve often persuaded myself I was in the first. I’ve sat on literary panels and said things like, “We are all story-makers about our lives.” At last I understand that I don’t really believe that. I was simply trying to be obliging, trying to join in. Now I can relax. I belong with those whose lives are lived in discrete patches.
London
City-of
United-kingdom
Philip-roth
Ian-mcewan
Galen-strawson
Doubleday
Goldberg-variations
Well-tempered-clavier
Cement-garden
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