• Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.

    Jay McInerney: Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.
    "The uses of invention" by Jay McInerney, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2005.