I Encourage Students To Pursue An Idea

If People Associate Me With A Region, That's Fine With Me.

Some People Want To Call Me An Appalachian Writer, Even Though I Know Some People Use Regional Labels To Belittle.

I Considered Going To Film School; I Took A Course In Film And Was Very Interested In Filmmaking As Well As Film Writing.

Young Writers Only Take Off When They Find Their Subjects. Since Almost Everyone Has A Family And Stories About Family, That Is Often A Place To Start.

I Think That It's More Likely That In My 60s And 70s I Will Be Writing Poetry Rather Than Fiction.