• While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I wanted to read.

    Nicholson Baker: While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I wanted to read.
    "Nicholson Baker: 'Writing this book was the most fun I ever had'" by Peter Conrad, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2011.