If you start thinking about the kids being born now, for them the computer is ancient history. So one imagines that when children think of it as the only place to be, because there isn't anywhere else, then the geniuses of those generations will find their way into doing something that is impressive and as good as a Shakespeare or a Cervantes. But nowadays, we can't see that. We're not close enough to it yet.
My disenchantment? Oh no, my dear, there are no disenchantments, merely progressions and styles of possession. To exist is to be spellbound. - Robert Coover
My disenchantment? Oh no, my dear, there are no disenchantments, merely progressions and styles of possession. To exist is to be spellbound.
- Robert Coover
People, fearing their own extinction, are willing to accept and perpetuate hand-me-down answers to the meaning of life and death; and, fearing a weak… - Robert Coover
People, fearing their own extinction, are willing to accept and perpetuate hand-me-down answers to the meaning of life and death; and, fearing a weak…
The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it. - Robert Coover
The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it.
Metafiction says something. It has to do with taking a large fiction itself and writing within it; that kind of self-reflecting writing that emerges … - Robert Coover
Metafiction says something. It has to do with taking a large fiction itself and writing within it; that kind of self-reflecting writing that emerges …
What I saw quite clearly in the '80s, before the internet, was that the whole world was shifting toward digital formats, and that didn't matter wheth… - Robert Coover
What I saw quite clearly in the '80s, before the internet, was that the whole world was shifting toward digital formats, and that didn't matter wheth…
We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates. - Robert Coover
We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates.
If you start thinking about the kids being born now, for them the computer is ancient history. So one imagines that when children think of it as the … - Robert Coover
If you start thinking about the kids being born now, for them the computer is ancient history. So one imagines that when children think of it as the …
I learned my realism from guys like Kafka. - Robert Coover
I learned my realism from guys like Kafka.
I see no reason to stop writing. But the reason isn't always one of your own. The mind is not invulnerable, and it can lose some of its powers. - Robert Coover
I see no reason to stop writing. But the reason isn't always one of your own. The mind is not invulnerable, and it can lose some of its powers.
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