Great Regulars: ". . . (Carver) just wanted to get along

so he could write," [Curt] Johnson said. "That was his consuming interest. And conversation was fine, camaraderie was fine, making love was fine, raising a family was OK, but it interfered with his writing. He just wanted to write. And why he wanted to write is as inexplicable as why he wanted to get drunk. Maybe they have the same root cause. It's likely."

from Jeff Baker: The Oregonian: Nonfiction review: 'Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life'

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