"What took so long? The quick answer is many-tentacled: perfectionism, divorce, disillusionment,..."

“What took so long? The quick answer is many-tentacled: perfectionism, divorce, disillusionment, lumbering pace, reluctance, fear, parenthood, weariness, revision, and bills. What about you, how do you answer when people ask what took so long?”

- First Books After Forty: Michael Morse and Robin Beth Schaer in conversation. (via therumpus)