“But the thing is, from the perspective of a novelist there is a brand of lying that feels more honest than the actual facts of an event. Lying as a way to move closer to the truth, or to illuminate ow something actually feels in a way the mere facts cannot.” WayFeelsFactsMovingLyingHonestEventsPerspectiveMereBrandsNovelists Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“Whenever someone asks me craft questions like that I feel like I can give one of two answers. I can give the academy answer and say that it was very deliberate and I had a plan in mind and I executed that plan exactly to the letter. But this isn't the case.” GivingFeelsMindI CanTwoAsksAnswersCasesPlansLettersCraftsAsk MeDeliberateAcademy Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“A lot of the despair we feel watching the news every day flows from our sense of helplessness, and as a fiction writer you get to control things, if only on the page. You get to run the show. You can right wrongs, bring departed loved ones back to life, even take vengeance on God, if that's your thing.” IfsFeelsShowsRunningFictionDespairNewsPagesFlowLoved OnesVengeanceHelplessnessFiction WritersDeparted Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“As an atheist and lapsed Catholic, I feel the absence of faith in my own life quite acutely.” FeelsMy OwnCatholicAtheistAbsenceMy Own Life Author:Ron Currie Jr.
