“Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes.” DifferentProcessFictionNonfictionFiction And Nonfiction Author:Chad Harbach
“Poetry might be more about the eternal verities, the essence of the human soul, and - although it's reductive to say so - fiction has perhaps been more about the differences between the unconstrained world of the imagination and the realities you run into, day-to-day, when you're riding your donkey.” WorldHumansSoulRealityMightRunningImaginationDifferencesFictionEternalEssenceRidingDay To DayHuman SoulDonkey Author:Chad Harbach
“I think the MFA programs have had a real effect on the state of American fiction, but I don't think it's a question of "this is written by someone with an MFA, and this isn't." I challenge anyone to identify a book in that way. It's totally impossible.” ThinkingWayBookRealStatesChallengesFictionImpossibleWrittenEffectsProgram Author:Chad Harbach
“The challenge for any fiction writer is that your job involves simply sitting at a desk for a very, very long time.” LongJobsChallengesFictionLong TimeSittingDesksFiction Writers Author:Chad Harbach
“The idea of the writer who writes nineteen novels, with various ups and downs and levels of experimentation, isn't around so much now. There's a focus, I think, on fewer books, with more pressure on each book to succeed. With that there comes, I think, a certain pressure towards shapeliness in fiction. Towards neatness. And I think writers feel that, and it can effect how they write.” ThinkingFeelsWritingBookIdeasCertainLevelsFictionNovelFocusEffectsSucceedPressureVariousFewerUps & DownsExperimentationNineteenNeatness Author:Chad Harbach
