“Our need to identify with representative figures is something that never goes away. We still find those in novels. We find those in television. We find them in movies. We find them all over the place.” NeedsStillsNovelFiguresTelevisionRepresentatives Author:Matthew Specktor
“It's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time” KnowsHardEnoughNovelKnow How Author:Matthew Specktor
“We're a culture that's obsessed with people who make and who squander ridiculous amounts of wealth, which seemed an obsession well worth interrogating in a novel. That probably accounts for what some have called the book's "sweeping" feel, but I don't know that I set out to be cinematic. I wouldn't know how to do that in a novel, specifically.” PeopleCultureWealthNovelRidiculousObsessionObsessed Author:Matthew Specktor
“A Good Soldier is one of my favorite novels, for various reasons. But the class question is a good one, because it's not always easy to empathize with privileged people.” PeopleReasonEasyNovelSoldierMy FavoriteVarious Author:Matthew Specktor
