But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important to me when I was in my twenties, like going to a Paris Review party or whatever, that seems totally irrelevant now.
I always feel I have made unfilmable books. I even felt that way about a book of mine that was later made into a movie. But my wife, who has made two… - Rick Moody
I always feel I have made unfilmable books. I even felt that way about a book of mine that was later made into a movie. But my wife, who has made two…
- Rick Moody
I don't know exactly how long the book as we know it will exist, but I fully expect to make it to my death without having to give up on books. - Rick Moody
I don't know exactly how long the book as we know it will exist, but I fully expect to make it to my death without having to give up on books.
Capitalism, in the realm of sexuality, I figure, thinks that we behave in specific ways, like a breast is always going to produce a hard-on for some … - Rick Moody
Capitalism, in the realm of sexuality, I figure, thinks that we behave in specific ways, like a breast is always going to produce a hard-on for some …
I read a lot of 'The Canterbury Tales' on my phone last year, because I was cycling between three different editions, and I needed to have a middle-o… - Rick Moody
I read a lot of 'The Canterbury Tales' on my phone last year, because I was cycling between three different editions, and I needed to have a middle-o…
Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem. - Rick Moody
Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.
The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures. - Rick Moody
The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures.
I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about. - Rick Moody
I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.
Updike worked this way, and I just kinda borrowed it from him. So the memoir will be relief from novel writing for a moment. - Rick Moody
Updike worked this way, and I just kinda borrowed it from him. So the memoir will be relief from novel writing for a moment.
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality. - Rick Moody
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.
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