Then she smiled, and in that instant, if such a thing were possible, Pasquale fell in love, and he would remain in love for the rest of his life--not so much with the woman, whom he didn't even know, but with the moment.
Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story ... your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we're lucky, our sto… - Jess Walter
Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story ... your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we're lucky, our sto…
- Jess Walter
There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant — sail for Asia and stumble on America — and the hope of… - Jess Walter
There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant — sail for Asia and stumble on America — and the hope of…
I think so, too. I know I felt that way. For years. It was as if I was a character in a movie and the real action was about to start at any minute. B… - Jess Walter
I think so, too. I know I felt that way. For years. It was as if I was a character in a movie and the real action was about to start at any minute. B…
The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25. - Jess Walter
The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25.
I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had… - Jess Walter
I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had…
I don't know a family that isn't touched by some sort of addiction. - Jess Walter
I don't know a family that isn't touched by some sort of addiction.
He found himself in habiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment. - Jess Walter
He found himself in habiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.
Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier y… - Jess Walter
Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier y…
I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, 'second breakfast,' or grab… - Jess Walter
I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, 'second breakfast,' or grab…
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