“I do think, as crazy as it sounds, that sports is an addiction and that it should be accorded some of the same supports as any other addiction.” ThinkingShouldSportsSoundSupportCrazyAddiction Author:Steve Almond
“Football is the kind of game where you have to really segregate kids from the general population and kind of colonize their minds. It's more intense and demands more than other sports. And this is why the folks who are involved (as players, coaches, boosters, fans) are so much more devoted to it. It's really a cult, when you think about it.” ThinkingMindKindKidsGamesSportsPlayerFansFootballInvolvedDemandFolksPopulationCoachesIntenseDevotedCult Author:Steve Almond
“Much as I love stories, I think I'll only be satisfied with myself as a writer if I'm able to produce a novel that feels publishable. The books that truly take me away - for weeks at a time - are all novels.” ThinkingBookNovelWeekLove StoryTake Me Away Author:Steve Almond
“I don't really think of my narrator in terms of gender. I think of them much more in basic emotional terms. As an author, you either love yer peeps or you don't. There's no such thing as a "masculine voice" or a "feminine voice". Men and women think and speak and act in, like, a zillion different ways. Also, as a gross generalization: women tend to live closer to their feelings than men.” ThinkingMenDifferentFeelingsSpeakTermEmotionalMen And WomenGenderFeminineGrossMasculine Author:Steve Almond
“Every now and then, I'll run into someone who claims not to like chocolate, and while we live in a country where everyone has the right to eat what they want, I want to say for the record that I don't trust these people, that I think something is wrong with them, and that they're probably - and this must be said - total duds in bed.” PeopleThinkingWantSaidCountryRunningRecordsBedClaimsChocolateNow And ThenDon't Trust Author:Steve Almond
“But I can think of nothing on earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night, which, for me, was ten to fifteen pounds of candy, a riot of colored wrappers and hopeful fonts,snub-nosed chocolate bars and SweeTARTS, the seductive rattle of Jujyfruits and Good & Plenty and lollipopsticks all akimbo, the foli ends of mini LifeSavers packs twinkling like dimes, and a thick sugary perfume rising up from the pillowcase.” ThinkingI CanEndsEarthBeautifulNightTenFinalsBarsPlentyRisingHopefulPoundsChocolateThickFifteenPacksHalloweenCandyPerfumeRiotSeductiveDimesHaulTwinklingRising UpFontsChocolate BarsHalloween NightPillowcases Book:Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America Source: Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
“Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman and she rocked my world, I was inspired to write my ass off. But that is not what happens. What happens is we lie around in bed eating chocolate and screwing. Art is what happens when things don't work out, when you're licking your wounds. Art is, to a larger extent than people would like to think, a productive licking of the wounds.” PeopleThinkingWorldWritingArtHappensLyingWishLossCasesMetsBedEatingArt IsInspiredWork OutWoundsAriseAssProductiveChocolateLickingEating Chocolate Book:Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America Source: Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
