Often my characters have some kind of idealism or grand belief that they're pursuing.

- Joshuah Bearman

People are really stuck on their ideas about themselves.

- Joshuah Bearman

I'm always reading. And I keep a whole list of stories, often unusual stories. There are a hundred some-odd ideas on that list.

- Joshuah Bearman

I don't think that the people in my stories are lying to themselves. Well, some of them are - everybody is at some level. But there is something abou…

- Joshuah Bearman

I am in communication with almost everybody I've done a story about. I have a fantasy that if I ever strike it rich, I'll have a big party and fly al…

- Joshuah Bearman

Sometimes, I'll read a news story and there will be one line about something else, and I'll find it interesting and look into it. That can often turn…

- Joshuah Bearman

I've gotten used to spending more time with heavily narrative stories.

- Joshuah Bearman

Sometimes you'll read something and think, "What is going on here? There must be more to this." The constraints of the news format didn't allow for m…

- Joshuah Bearman

That's always disappointing when you find a good story and you realize the person has died, because then it's difficult to report.

- Joshuah Bearman