My suspicion is that this is an unavoidable human dilemma, that people will always want to avoid pain, to avoid those who are in pain, and so will be vulnerable to anyone or anything that seems to promise permanent avoidance.
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 judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out. - Rick Moody
I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out.
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…
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.
Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem. - Rick Moody
Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.
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.
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.
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.
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