If it takes her a decade to write books as good as hers, then that's how it is. I'd rather wait ten years for an excellent book than five years for a decent one.

This woman is a literary wonder. The Secret History was so good I did not think it could be topped, The Goldfinch is right up there with it. Some writers you will read whatever they release to the world....Donna is one of them.

"What is the writer's life that is so satisfying to you?" Tartt: "Well, to be able to daydream all day." Amazing answer. Raw honesty.

I love the fact that she writes books for her own satisfaction in her own time span. There are plenty of authors who should follow her example.

When she said “Writing a book is one level deeper than reading a book...” I’m quite sure he smiled because she’d said the exact same thing to him about two decades prior.

It's evident that she crafts each paragraph with love. I love that you can open any of her books, randomly choose a paragraph and it's perfect.

She's an absolute master. I've never read an English-speaking author with such a control of their language and their pacing.

Don't ever change, Donna Tartt. You are fantastic.

If she writes another novel as good as The Goldfinch, I'll wait 10 years for it. That book was one of the best things I have ever read. As I was getting close to the end, I was wishing there were another 800+ pages left.

I love how I can just barely hear the Mississippi in her voice. Just when you wonder where it is, it pops up. Donna Tartt is such a fascinating human being.

She takes so long, but it's evident in her work. You can open any of her books at random, pick a sentence, and it's a beautiful masterpiece.

I just started reading ' The Secret History' which is so well written that it is a book that is hard to put down. It just keeps drawing me in and I keep reading chapter after chapter. I can't believe I hadn't read any of her books before.

So in love with this brain, and her sweet-fierce mentality. A goddess.

She's a wonderful storyteller and I adore that in a novelist. Lying in bed at night when my wife and children are sound asleep and the house is quiet with a great novel in my hands. I look forward to her next work.

The Goldfinch is a brilliant book, no doubt about that. Amazing that somebody described as a recluse can write convincingly about so many different scenes and people.

A little sad that her only interview is a few minutes with someone who didn't read the book.

Sincere, smart, honest, unique and beautiful.

Just finished reading the Secret History. A great book.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul for her as a writer!!

The intelligence behind her eyes is almost staggering. I wish interviewers would let her speak long enough.

Was only last summer I was at B&N browsing books as usual and I picked up the Goldfinch book, being a lover of epic novels, great stories worth their time sometimes are hard to find. I started researching her books online and as a start, decided to read A SECRET HISTORY first. Little did I know I had found possibly the greatest read ever. Tartt truly writes from the heart with feeling, she is a master at character creation, pulling you into the story so hard I could think of the characters at times when not reading. Look forward to reading Goldfinch this year.

Her last book was in 2013, now it's 2024, probably we have something more. Crossing fingers, guys!!

"Why This Painting?" TALK OVER THE EXPLANATION

her eyes are so pretty

It's been 10 years now, so I'm dying to see if there's a new one coming out ugh!

Its almost time for a new book!!!! cant wait :))

The wait is so worth the incredible stories

Loved the interview. Love Charlie and how he is enamoured of her work. Looking forward to reading her books. Amazing interview. She has a very interesting and clear mind I was very drawn to in this interview. WOW!

Sounds like Leonard Cohen who would take years to complete songs, one of the greatest musicians of all time in my opinion. In the world of film greats you have James Cameron and Stanley Kubrick, both taking ages to release a new film, especially later into their career. Time is our most valuable asset so devoting so much of it to one novel, song, or film is significant. I have never read a book by Ms. Tartt but I am so looking forward to doing so now. She seems like one of the masters of her craft.

a decade doens't feel like a lot when you've been waiting 11+ years to the thrid part of the kingkiller chronicles. But Donna is just brilliant

She’s so charismatic and mysterious.

I'm about 3/4's through this and it's a fabulous read Compelling, witty, rich with pathos, great use of language and features a great many wonderful characters Her pace of writing bothers me not at all I'd rather quality than quantity and you can feel this on every page of Donna's work Great great great

This is a very condescending interview and yet she was extremely gracious with her responses.

Love Donna. Have since 1999 when I read her first book. ❤️

I love her. She's one of a kind and original.

I really hope I am still around to read her next novel or two. Ĺost in her books, such a good feeling.

She's extremely privileged to be able to take ten years to write a book. Most writers must turn out a book every year or two just as a matter of economic necessity.

Her style is amazing. And her books, of course.

Her book The Secret History is my favorite books of all-time. I think she is one of the best of not the best writer of our times. I also find her extremely beautiful - while that is not important I think it is kind of neat how I love my fellow human being's intelligence with looks that match (such as my wonderfully intelligent and quite beautiful wife).

Donna Tartt's prowess as an author and sotry teller is superior to anyone else I've ever read. Chilling mastery to say the very least.

I loved little friend the most of all her books ..

I'm enjoying every single page of her new book. I just love this woman.

i think there is something so intricrate about her process that she wasn't able to articulate it enough in these open-ended questions, and even if she had been able to, she wouldn't have the enough time to do it because these people from the tv just wants to see a glimpse of her because she has made herself to be mysterious and peculiar and yet when you see her here, she gives you these almost superficial answers that barely means anything because deep down i think she thinks these people wouldn't want to take an insight about her writing to that extent either, and i personally think there is something so funny about it and yet so elegant of donna tartt

You Rock Donna Tartt!!!

For me she is just the best. My absolute favorite author. There is nothing to add here.

I’m reading The Secret History right now and around 250 pages in so far. It’s a book when I close it I cannot wait to open it again, it has me gripped.

I love her voice and accent. I just saw that she reads the True Grit audiobook. I'll be listening to that soon. I wish she'd read The Goldfinch too. Her performance of The Secret History audiobook is awesome.

"All truly great art has that double-ness"--Donna Tartt Gotta remember that one....

Her books...just perfect...I fall in love with all of her person, she's so fascinating. And I love her little voice, so charming =)

i love it....not a huge fan as Im more a Thomas Hardy fan but her stories ARE gripping to read....knowing now that Im autistic, she strikes me as such as well. A few thraits stood out to me. Her long transition to mood process and way she copies people near her.

Can't wait for her new novel

Sooo I'm begging/praying/hoping this means we get another novel in 3yrs??? I started with The Secret History, which I absolutely loved, and NEEDED to read more from her. Found The Goldfinch at the same time the movie came out (haven't seen it yet) and my god....Ive never read anything so magnificent. Time to go get The Little Friend. But I don't know that anything can stand up to The Goldfinch. Donna Tartt is a genius, a master.

She’s a genius to say the least.

Got to say being 60 pages in its fantastic! One of the best pieces of literature and storytelling I have ever read

People always tell me that I need to publish more books faster or else I'll never make it. Honestly, I already have a plan B if I don't make it big as a writer, and I like it, it wouldn't be that bad. Second, I have tried writing faster. The quality of my works go down when I do. I would rather spend two years drafting a book then another revising it and have it be the way I invisoned, than to force myself to write a book in two months and see that it's terrible. If you can write a good book in a short time, great! I'm genually happy for you. But I just can't. It's not my thing. The process for me is too important. And writing slowly allows me to think more carefully, to do more research, to do some experimenting. I prefer it this way. Also, writing fast is not a guarantee that someone will make it big. Some famous names in the industry write slowly.

I think the interviewer should explain the books she writes every decade are epic sized and are really three books in one. Anyway, love Donna tartt, and savor everything she writes!

I am hating this interviewer. Let Donna speak!

DONNA TARTT IS A GENIUS. BRILLIANT.

Takes her time..as an Artist..INSPIRED!

how has the secret history not been turned into a film/miniseries yet? it has so many fans

I've read all three and want to re-read them with enough time to make them seem fresh again.

Tom Wolfe was the same way and I loved every one of his books.

next year she might publish a new one if she follows the pattern

I just saw The Goldfinch, I'm very interested in reading her now. Somehow, I just never got around to her. But I like to hit 5,000 words in a day, I'd go mad if it took me ten years to write one novel.

She doesn´t have to write faster. Think of all these celebrities who decide to be a writer and write a crappy novel in 6 months, and then on to something else. Ugh.

I really enjoy writers who pour their time and effort into crafting great works rather than writers who just scribble out their next "bestseller" to meet a deadline. Sometimes great works come like a flash of lightning (Grapes of Wrath is a classic example), but many others take time and committment, and I'm glad that Donna takes her time to really make sure she publishes something to be proud of instead of just chruning books out for the sake of sales.

seeing this right now (9 years later) i’m wondering if she’s close to releasing another soon

I hear the Mississippi accent at 5:48 "It's hard at times.. it's hard going.." :)

Mother is mothering

i'm in love with donna, she's such a great writer and person

Haha! Terrific. Loved the bit about daydreaming, that's what I think too. Neurotics live in castles in the sky but writers collect the rent. EDIT I don't understand why comments are disabled for her talking to Kirsty Wark. I like Donna Tartt, only read The Secret History but that was great. I was delighted to hear her say (in the Kirsty Wark vid) reading should be fun. God, that was a relief considering how much turgid muck there is out there you have to wade through just to be able to say you finished the damn thing.

almost 10 years already. is the next book coming?

She is an amazing author--you can't put her books down!But having read both her first and third novels I am partial to The Secret History--it was in my opinion the better of the two

I want to know who she is, to create the books she does. The way she dresses is almost cross dressing. But she was a cheerleader in college. I want to know why.

Saying The Secret History has a “cult like following” is very ironic to those who have read it lol

HER EYES. WHUW

Does anyone know how she supports herself in between releasing blockbuster novels? Ten years is a long time!

He better thank his lucky stars he gets to be in her presence let alone interview.

He's still interrupting her just like in that 1992 interview... Let her speak

5:33 What does she say? I can't understand the word D:

Procopius?

Donna Tartt is such a wonderful human being. It’s unfortunate that one of the few interviews we have of her are with the vile Charlie Rose.

“At barely five feet tall” Why do we need to know her height??

So maybe a new book in 2023? 🤞🏻

She reminds me of Brody Dalle... Brody Dalle some kind of her devil side.

Narrator reminds me of Bill Moyers.

Do you think anyone told Mozart to write faster or slower? And if they did so what. I’d always rather read a few good books than a lot of mediocre books. Let her be the artist she is & we are the better for it.

OK so that means I have another 2 years before the next book.

is he that tall or she small or both?

"Can you write faster?" Stay classy Charlie.

This is a pretty disappointing interview. Especially so because Tartt gives so few. Rose seems largely unfamiliar with her, and asks really dull, general questions.

I don't understand why Donna Tartt appears in my youtube suggestions... Any thoughts ?

For some of us "the good life" is that look of shock in the intern's eyes when you enter the room with your bathrobe untied.

4 more years. 😐

@ interviewer let her talk lmao we ain’t here to listen to u

she chooses quality over quantity most don't do that

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Very cringe to hear Charlie say, "EXPLODE!".

What does he mean “effort”? You write a Pulitzer novel kiddo.

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie…