Sunday links

This interview with Cormac McCarthy is wonderful, thorough and crotchety, and since I'm not much a short-story writer myself, I'm oddly heartened by his lack of interest in writing them, or in delving into collaborative work in Hollywood, etc.:

WSJ: But is there something compelling about the collaborative process compared to the solitary job of writing?

CM: Yes, it would compel you to avoid it at all costs.

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WSJ: How does that ticking clock affect your work? Does it make you want to write...