People wanted to get me published, and my early work was so weird that they weren't getting anywhere. I thought, okay, I'll do something that's just a tad more normal.
Human beings are just way more complex than they'd like to be. They like to be simple machines. And they'll set up fantasy scenarios where they're si… - Nell Zink
Human beings are just way more complex than they'd like to be. They like to be simple machines. And they'll set up fantasy scenarios where they're si…
- Nell Zink
Whatever I was writing at the time, I knew there was no market for it and never would be, because there’s never a market for true art, so my main con… - Nell Zink
Whatever I was writing at the time, I knew there was no market for it and never would be, because there’s never a market for true art, so my main con…
I'd say it's never a challenge to present white and heteronormative privilege. The hard thing is to write any other way. - Nell Zink
I'd say it's never a challenge to present white and heteronormative privilege. The hard thing is to write any other way.
My social status in the last year has gone from zero to hero. - Nell Zink
My social status in the last year has gone from zero to hero.
I really like writing in English, and it's the best job I've ever had. - Nell Zink
I really like writing in English, and it's the best job I've ever had.
The interesting artists I know are the ones doing political work. The most interesting people I know are the people who care about politics. - Nell Zink
The interesting artists I know are the ones doing political work. The most interesting people I know are the people who care about politics.
There are terrible things that never get easier, and there are things even more terrible that get easier with time and repetition. - Nell Zink
There are terrible things that never get easier, and there are things even more terrible that get easier with time and repetition.
I never take pictures. Skies are much larger in reminiscences and my friends are much better-looking. Photos crop reality into little squares; instea… - Nell Zink
I never take pictures. Skies are much larger in reminiscences and my friends are much better-looking. Photos crop reality into little squares; instea…
In the rural South, the only interesting people were the sexual deviants. Everybody else was able to be part of the mainstream, and could find a way … - Nell Zink
In the rural South, the only interesting people were the sexual deviants. Everybody else was able to be part of the mainstream, and could find a way …
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