Her interview secrets are simple, though evidently not easy to duplicate, or more people would. The interview is never about her. She always makes clear her admiration for the writing but is never fawning. She’s comprehensively informed. She seems to have read and remembered everything authors have written, including their latest offerings, as well as most things ever written about them. And she has clearly thought about what she’s read. She doesn’t just work through a list of questions.
last month one said, only half jokingly, that being interviewed by Eleanor Wachtel had done more for him than several therapists he’d been through.Article content