I'm a product of state schools. I had a working-class family. We had no books. I was the first to go to college. But I didn't really think about it, or about making money. I was just going to be an artist, and I've been fortunate. I've never had to work for anybody nor have I had to write for money. Maybe that's another reason that I've been able to be productive. I haven't had to use my writing to make a living.
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.
- 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 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…
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 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…
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.
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.
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