What’s the biggest myth about being a writer?
That the artist or writer does things easily. Plato, for instance, thought artists were somewhat demonic – that their ideas came to them out of the unconscious. That is such a false idea. I probably spend 90% of my time revising what I’ve written.

Read the full interview with Joyce Carol Oates on the Guardian

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