The lie, of course, is more interesting.
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John Irving (via theparisreview)
Saturday Wisdom #3: a rich interview with John Irving. I liked this part:
Titles are important; I have them before I have books that belong to them. I have last chapters in my mind before I see first chapters, too. I usually begin with endings, with a sense of aftermath, of dust settling, of epilogue. I love plot, and how can you plot a novel if you don’t know the ending first? How do you know how to introduce a character if you don’t know how he ends up? You might say I back into a novel.
