“I don't want to write poems that are just really clear about how I'm aware of all the traps involved in writing poetry; I don't want to write fiction that's about the irresponsibility of writing fiction and I've thrown out a lot of writing that I think was ultimately tainted by that kind of self-awareness.” ThinkingWantWritingKindSelfFictionClearAwarenessInvolvedSelf AwarenessThrownTrapsWriting FictionWriting PoetryTaintedIrresponsibility Author:Ben Lerner
“Henry James claim that if you want to be a novelist you should be somebody on whom nothing is lost.” IfsWantShouldLostClaimsNovelists Author:Ben Lerner
“In art and life we're always reading bodies and behaviors (and skies and skylines or whatever), constructing brief and shifting coherences, and I guess I want to capture that process of characterization and re-characterization instead of offering up a few stable, easily-summarized individuals.” WantArtBodyReadingIndividualProcessSkyBehaviorCaptureOfferingStableShiftingCoherenceCharacterizationSkylinesArt And Life Author:Ben Lerner
