Novel-writing is the only place where someone who would have liked to do anything can still do that vicariously.
Writing is wretched, discouraging, physically unhealthy, infinitely frustrating work. And when it all comes together it’s utterly glorious."
It's called 'Night Moves,' and it's my favorite 'Doc Ford' of all times. It's way too complicated, but it worked.
When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more.
I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper.
The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it's actually impossible.
This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic.
If 'gay' is not in your vocabulary, if being gay is not an option in your world, then you're far more likely to see your kid as anything but gay.
[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.
Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.
Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.
No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next.
I had a doctorate in biological anthropology. I got a post-doc at CWRU dental school in 1983 teaching gross anatomy.
No one is depressed when they're asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you're really down.
I have a strange habit of walking down streets and staring up, rather than looking at shopfronts and stuff like that.
Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.
Valek was liquid in motion. As i watched him, one word came to mind: beautiful.
I write on a visual canvas, 'seeing' a scene in my thoughts before translating it into language, so I'm a visual junkie.
Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism.
I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.
