Two years ago, Jonathan Franzen told the New York Times that he was working on his sixth novel, and that it would be his last, since "he doesn't know if anyone actually has more than six completely formed novels in them." Though he later said there were no plans to change this statement, many readers took it as evidence that The Corrections might be his final work. However, in a recent interview with the Guardian, Franzen stated that he has begun work on his seventh novel and that he expects it to be released in 2020: "I think I'll probably finish this one around Christmas of 2019". He added that he has no intention of stopping writing after this book, saying that he is "completely hooked" and that he enjoys it enough to want to keep doing it. Franzen also commented on the controversy surrounding The Corrections, saying that he does not regret including some ancillary material about musicians David Foster Wallace and James Taylor during the course of the story, but that he may write another book about music someday if he is given the chance.