I have an idea and a first line -- and that suggests the rest of it. I have little concept of what I’m going to say, or where it’s going. I have some idea of how long it’s going to be -- but not what will happen or what the themes will be. That’s the intrigue of doing it -- it’s a process of discovery. You get to discover what you’re going to say and what it’s going to mean.
I have an idea and a first line -- and that suggests the rest of it. I have little concept of what I’m going to say, or where it’s going. I have some… - T.C. Boyle
I have an idea and a first line -- and that suggests the rest of it. I have little concept of what I’m going to say, or where it’s going. I have some…
- T.C. Boyle
I go around with my books so much and I love to perform on stage, to remind everybody that the lights are off, the phones are off, and for this hour,… - T.C. Boyle
I go around with my books so much and I love to perform on stage, to remind everybody that the lights are off, the phones are off, and for this hour,…
I'm sad that there no more mysterious places in the world. - T.C. Boyle
I'm sad that there no more mysterious places in the world.
I'm extremely worried. I'm worried about the survival of our species, worried about what we're doing, worried about being Americans, worried about de… - T.C. Boyle
I'm extremely worried. I'm worried about the survival of our species, worried about what we're doing, worried about being Americans, worried about de…
Pleasure, I remind myself, is inseparable from its lawfully wedded mate, pain. - T.C. Boyle
Pleasure, I remind myself, is inseparable from its lawfully wedded mate, pain.
There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if the… - T.C. Boyle
There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if the…
Writing is a channeling of an individual experience; so is reading. That's what's so exciting about this art form - it's interactive. - T.C. Boyle
Writing is a channeling of an individual experience; so is reading. That's what's so exciting about this art form - it's interactive.
The hardest part is always the middle of anything because at that point, on some unconscious level, you have to figure out what it's about and why yo… - T.C. Boyle
The hardest part is always the middle of anything because at that point, on some unconscious level, you have to figure out what it's about and why yo…
I'm always trying to do something different and trying to keep myself amused. - T.C. Boyle
I'm always trying to do something different and trying to keep myself amused.
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