As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot, that litter the hard drive.
I have lived for a long time inside a series of coincidences that most people would find implausible in a novel. - Alexander Chee
I have lived for a long time inside a series of coincidences that most people would find implausible in a novel.
- Alexander Chee
I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew! - Alexander Chee
I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew!
Every now and then, you find a book that feels like it was keyed to your DNA. - Alexander Chee
Every now and then, you find a book that feels like it was keyed to your DNA.
PhD, MFA, self-taught - the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity… - Alexander Chee
PhD, MFA, self-taught - the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity…
The way some were entrapped into lives of prostitution, the way that something like marriage could rob them of their rights. - Alexander Chee
The way some were entrapped into lives of prostitution, the way that something like marriage could rob them of their rights.
As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot, that litter the hard dr… - Alexander Chee
As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot, that litter the hard dr…
Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you. - Alexander Chee
Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you.
One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which is a hilarious gesture. - Alexander Chee
One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which is a hilarious gesture.
Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that makes the novel possible. Change… - Alexander Chee
Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that makes the novel possible. Change…
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