For the book to succeed, it has to have equal parts ugliness and beauty, counterpoints adding up to emotional complexity. To me, there's a dignity in letting your art be emotionally complex.
I'm a semi-failed writer, but I'm a capital-F Failed musician. - Joshua Mohr
I'm a semi-failed writer, but I'm a capital-F Failed musician.
- Joshua Mohr
My tunnel vision allows me to have a longer work day than most writers. I'm thankful for that. - Joshua Mohr
My tunnel vision allows me to have a longer work day than most writers. I'm thankful for that.
Yes, things happened to me - brutal things - but I'm not going to give them so much clout by dwelling on them, empowering them to haunt my heart year… - Joshua Mohr
Yes, things happened to me - brutal things - but I'm not going to give them so much clout by dwelling on them, empowering them to haunt my heart year…
I don't think escaping is necessarily a problem, but we can get addicted to almost anything. If you're craving being in this other reality and you do… - Joshua Mohr
I don't think escaping is necessarily a problem, but we can get addicted to almost anything. If you're craving being in this other reality and you do…
I always feel that as the author, once I know what a character is ashamed of, then I can go about making her truthful on the page. - Joshua Mohr
I always feel that as the author, once I know what a character is ashamed of, then I can go about making her truthful on the page.
I just thought it was important that people knew right from the jump that I've got problems. But in all seriousness, that's a huge part of my writing… - Joshua Mohr
I just thought it was important that people knew right from the jump that I've got problems. But in all seriousness, that's a huge part of my writing…
It's a beautiful aspect of narrative construction, hunting for the right images and metaphors to render our character's hearts/minds/souls as though … - Joshua Mohr
It's a beautiful aspect of narrative construction, hunting for the right images and metaphors to render our character's hearts/minds/souls as though …
For the book to succeed, it has to have equal parts ugliness and beauty, counterpoints adding up to emotional complexity. To me, there's a dignity in… - Joshua Mohr
For the book to succeed, it has to have equal parts ugliness and beauty, counterpoints adding up to emotional complexity. To me, there's a dignity in…
Hughes' debut novel, At Dawn, follows a former All-American wrestler, and is there any better metaphor for contemporary American life? We're all wres… - Joshua Mohr
Hughes' debut novel, At Dawn, follows a former All-American wrestler, and is there any better metaphor for contemporary American life? We're all wres…
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