“I'm an enormous fan of Thomas Bernhard's books, and I like the relentless feeling in his work - the pursuit of darkness, the negative - and I think in some sense I've internalised that as what one is supposed to do.” ThinkingBookFeelingsDarknessFansNegativePursuitEnormousRelentless Author:Ben Marcus
“The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can't just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches.” ThinkingNeedsI CanHardHandsCommonWorryApproachMeatStubbornPlungeUnyieldingNew Approach Author:Ben Marcus
“Teaching is all armchair. I learn about writing by writing and thinking about what I've written and throwing it away.” ThinkingWritingTeaching Author:Ben Marcus
