'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.

5. Gish Jen

"My writing has always been very intuitive. When I start a piece I don't have a plan; I'm not looking ahead. I'm looking only at what I'm doing, and then I look up and realize, Here I am at the other shore of the lake, so I guess I must have been swimming."

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