I often use official documents or bureaucratic forms within my work. I find their structure and language style leaves a lot of room for poetry and my…

- Jill Magid

I would categorize my books as literature, and I hope that is how they would be consumed. The books do not rely on the artwork to be understood, but …

- Jill Magid

I want my books to exist in the literary world, not only in the art world. I am interested in having a dialogue with other writers, and the readers o…

- Jill Magid

In my process, I am constantly moving between writing, performing, and producing art objects. These various practices inform one another. What I love…

- Jill Magid

I wish I could write solely from imagination, but then I would not have a story to write. I need to produce the story in the real world, live it out,…

- Jill Magid

I think the term "artist's novel" for me has referred to writing which supports an art practice or a more specifically a particular artwork or projec…

- Jill Magid

The writings are often written in a kind of exhaustion or delirium, I try very hard not to censor myself, to be as honest and vulnerable as possible,…

- Jill Magid

It is a misrepresentation to call my works fiction; the work loses something when categorized this way. I realize that the stories are somewhat unbel…

- Jill Magid

I love books, letters and texts visually as objects, and textually, for their content. The same book I write serves a different purpose when included…

- Jill Magid