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Rick Moody Quotes

Maybe when I’m sixty - five I’ll talk about my literary life Picture Quote #1

Literature precedes genre Picture Quote #1

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing Picture Quote #1

Major theme of the book [ Hotels of North America], from my point of view: what is persona, what is self, in the digital sphere, and/or what is the effect of it on self in a prolonged interaction Picture Quote #1

I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I’m trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century Picture Quote #1

I judged about a zillion awards this year so I’ve been reading a lot of books that just came out Picture Quote #1

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I turned forty, and I’m finally going to get married and maybe have a kid Picture Quote #1

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert Picture Quote #1

The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures Picture Quote #1

This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about - one is my job and the success that I’ve had in it, and the other is money Picture Quote #1

When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a good example - when you don’t know what the hell is going on, then it’s kind of boring Picture Quote #1

I think first-person narrators should be complex, because otherwise the first-person is too shallow and predictable. I like a first-person narrator who can’t totally be trusted Picture Quote #1

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The idea to make hotel reviews the form of the novel came first.So I just started writing hotel reviews and tried to come up with a consistent voice Picture Quote #1

I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training! Picture Quote #1

If I’m going to feel estranged and alienated and away from home I don’t want anyone interrupting it to debate which berries to have in their pancakes Picture Quote #1

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity Picture Quote #1

I had a talk with the president of my publisher, and he averred that e-books are dropping off . So I wonder if the potential advantages are really going to happen as quickly as they ought Picture Quote #1

I published a bunch of my older books in e-book format with Open Road, which is great and has tons of hard to find older books available there Picture Quote #1

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I read a lot of The Canterbury Tales on my phone, because I was cycling between three different editions, and I needed to have a middle-of-the-night edition for the insomniac reading Picture Quote #1

I published a bunch of my older books in e-book format with Open Road, which is great and has tons of hard to find older books available there Picture Quote #1

If I’m going to feel estranged and alienated and away from home I don’t want anyone interrupting it to debate which berries to have in their pancakes Picture Quote #1

I read a lot of The Canterbury Tales on my phone, because I was cycling between three different editions, and I needed to have a middle-of-the-night edition for the insomniac reading Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth Picture Quote #1

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert Picture Quote #1

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All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I’m an artist, man, I don’t do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important Picture Quote #1

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it’s also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions Picture Quote #1

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I’m an artist, man, I don’t do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important Picture Quote #1

What genre it falls under is only of interest later Picture Quote #1

The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content Picture Quote #1

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem Picture Quote #1

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Maybe when I’m sixty - five I’ll talk about my literary life (Rick Moody Quotes) Literature precedes genre (Rick Moody Quotes) Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing (Rick Moody Quotes) Major theme of the book [ Hotels of North America], from my point of view: what is persona, what is self, in the digital sphere, and/or what is the effect of it on self in a prolonged interaction (Rick Moody Quotes) I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I’m trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century (Rick Moody Quotes) I judged about a zillion awards this year so I’ve been reading a lot of books that just came out (Rick Moody Quotes) I turned forty, and I’m finally going to get married and maybe have a kid (Rick Moody Quotes) My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert (Rick Moody Quotes) The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures (Rick Moody Quotes) This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about - one is my job and the success that I’ve had in it, and the other is money (Rick Moody Quotes) When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a good example - when you don’t know what the hell is going on, then it’s kind of boring (Rick Moody Quotes) I think first-person narrators should be complex, because otherwise the first-person is too shallow and predictable. I like a first-person narrator who can’t totally be trusted (Rick Moody Quotes) The idea to make hotel reviews the form of the novel came first.So I just started writing hotel reviews and tried to come up with a consistent voice (Rick Moody Quotes) I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training! (Rick Moody Quotes) If I’m going to feel estranged and alienated and away from home I don’t want anyone interrupting it to debate which berries to have in their pancakes (Rick Moody Quotes) I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity (Rick Moody Quotes) I had a talk with the president of my publisher, and he averred that e-books are dropping off . So I wonder if the potential advantages are really going to happen as quickly as they ought (Rick Moody Quotes) I published a bunch of my older books in e-book format with Open Road, which is great and has tons of hard to find older books available there (Rick Moody Quotes) I read a lot of The Canterbury Tales on my phone, because I was cycling between three different editions, and I needed to have a middle-of-the-night edition for the insomniac reading (Rick Moody Quotes) I published a bunch of my older books in e-book format with Open Road, which is great and has tons of hard to find older books available there. (Rick Moody Quotes) If I’m going to feel estranged and alienated and away from home I don’t want anyone interrupting it to debate which berries to have in their pancakes. (Rick Moody Quotes) I read a lot of The Canterbury Tales on my phone, because I was cycling between three different editions, and I needed to have a middle-of-the-night edition for the insomniac reading. (Rick Moody Quotes) I’m trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth. (Rick Moody Quotes) My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert. (Rick Moody Quotes) All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I’m an artist, man, I don’t do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important. (Rick Moody Quotes) So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it’s also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions. (Rick Moody Quotes) All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I’m an artist, man, I don’t do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important (Rick Moody Quotes) What genre it falls under is only of interest later (Rick Moody Quotes) The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content (Rick Moody Quotes) Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem (Rick Moody Quotes)

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