My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one. Justin Cronin bookchapternecessarily Change image and share on social
If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it. Justin Cronin bookendsave Change image and share on social
So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are. Justin Cronin bookhavepresence Change image and share on social
If you try to write 1,000 words a day, as I do, after 100 days you'll look up and have a book. It may be a mess, and you may have to revise it 50 times, but you can't revise it if you haven't written it. Justin Cronin 000bookday share on social
I tend to start at 9 o'clock in the morning and write until 3. Those are my best hours. They fit the other rhythms of the world. So I write for six hours, pretty much without any breaks. Justin Cronin breakclockfit Change image and share on social
I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse. Justin Cronin apocalypseberlincold Change image and share on social
I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer. Justin Cronin completelydarkfascination Change image and share on social
Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf. Justin Cronin bookshelflargestand Change image and share on social
I came to Houston for a job, the reason most people move halfway across the country with a first grader and a five-week-old. I came here to teach at Rice. Justin Cronin countrygraderhalfway Change image and share on social
