09 September 2010

Already regretting his cross-country tour

Last night, in a bookstore...
MAN IN THE AUDIENCE: Could you ever see a time when you would write a novel a year?
JONATHAN FRANZEN: No.

That was the first question. Pretty sure J-Franz is going to become a hermit now, and it's not my fault!

2 comments:

Wade Garrett said...

HAHAHA. I wish I was there to see the look of disgust on Franzen's face.

Ellen said...

To his credit, he provided a much more nuanced, poetic answer to the question later when talking about what he was planning to work on next.