“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
“If you're part of any kind of writerly community, some of those people will have gone through MFA programs, and their thinking leaks into yours. So whatever changes MFAs have made to the culture, it's to the culture as a whole. It can't be pinned down to individual books in a way that some people would like to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayKindMadeBookWholeCultureIndividualCommunityGoneProgramLeaks Author:Chad Harbach
“Looking at and shaping your own work is a very intuitive process. You see something you've written in your notebook. It's there on the page and either feels right or it doesn't, and it's hard sometimes to go beyond that and discover why it feels that way.” WayFeelsSometimesHardProcessWrittenPagesIntuitiveNotebookFeels Right Author:Chad Harbach
“I'm just kind of really interested in athletes as artists of a pretty serious variety and people who devote themselves to what they do in a really incredible way.” PeopleWayKindArtistSeriousIncrediblesAthleteVariety Author:Chad Harbach
“In fact, theres a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.” WayFactsHateSports Author:Chad Harbach
“It was strange the way he loved her; a side long and almost casual love, as if loving her were simply a matter of course, too natural to mention.” IfsWayLoveLongMatterCoursesSidesNaturalStrangeCasual Author:Chad Harbach
