How do you maintain a keep out sign when you’ve invited readers in to your world? She, of course, read it, and said it was OK, but she had already made a radio documentary about being bipolar, which is brilliant. It’s important to be open about these things, not to be ashamed. You have to know that these are not correct thoughts, but that’s what comes up when you’re confronted with a situation like that. I wanted to describe how something like that, a heavy depression, affects the surroundings, thinking, emotions, everything.
Many writers would be fearful of being perceived as callous. In Spring, you describe the pressures placed on your marriage by your ex-wife Linda’s depression, and your resentment that she was not taking responsibility for herself. I’m not against a good sentence, but it’s not what I’m trying to achieve. For that, the beauty of a sentence can be disturbing. I want to reach emotions, to establish a presence in the book that the reader can relate to. They contain stunning descriptions and beautiful passages but you say you’re not interested in writing good sentences.
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