“She looks at herself in the mirror. The idea is to look sexy again. And for whom exactly? Yourself, of course. Yes, well, that's all wonderfully self-affirming and very strong-minded as any decent woman should be these days, but let's just face facts here and say that when a woman - no, when a person is thinking about feeling sexy, it is always with the idea of someone else in mind.” ThinkingShouldMindWellsLooksPersonsIdeasSelfFactsFeelingsFacesCoursesStrongMirrorsSexyThese DaysDecentVery StrongAffirmingStrong MindedFeeling SexyDecent Woman Author:Joshua Ferris
“You think I alienate myself from society? Of course I alienate myself from society. It’s the only way I know of not being constantly reminded of all the ways I’m alienated from society.” ThinkingKnowsWayCourses Book:To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel Source: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel
“Names generate meaning in a short amount of space — they provoke thoughts, questions. That's something I like doing. Of course, you have to be careful. Sometimes it can alienate the reader, it can be another level of mediation, to make a character carry the great burden of a metaphoric name. The character can be a device before he or she becomes a person, and that can be a bad thing for a writer who wants to offer up a kind of emotional proximity in the work. It's a constant struggle, the desire to be playful and the desire to communicate on some very stark emotional level.” WantKindPersonsSometimesCharacterDesireCoursesNamesSpaceLevelsStruggleEmotionalReaderAmountOffersConstantCarefulCommunicateBurdenDevicesWorking ItBad ThingsBe CarefulProvokingStarksMediationProximityConstant StruggleMetaphoric Author:Joshua Ferris
