'Why We Write': 10 authors speak about why they love their craft

Here are glimpses of the motivation that keeps these 10 well known writers at work.

10. Ann Patchett

"I write because I swear to God I don't know how to do anything else... I don't like to look back. That's a big part of my psychology. It's not because of lurking trauma. I don't particularly look forward, either. I'm all about the now. But writing gives my life a narrative structure."

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