“There’s nothing wonderful or interesting about unrequited love. I think it’s shitty, just plain shitty. To love someone who doesn’t return your affections might be exciting in books, but in life it’s unbearably boring. I’ll tell you what’s exciting: sweaty, passionate nights. But sitting on the veranda outside the home of a sleeping woman who isn’t dreaming about you is slow moving and just plain sad.” ThinkingBookHomeDreamMightMovingNightSleepInterestingWonderfulReturnSittingExcitingPassionateAffectionBoringUnrequited LoveLove SomeoneUnrequitedDreaming About You Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
“I dont really have an office or anything, and I like to have to move location every two hours. So I just kind of write in a park, on a bench, in the library, in a cafe, back to the library, that kind of thing.” WritingKindTwoMovingHoursOfficeLibraryParksLocationBenchesCafes Author:Steve Toltz
“I try to outline. I'm a lazy outliner. I will put the points down of each chapter or series of chapters, but it always changes. For me it's a place of evolution. I don't really know who the characters are. I don't really know what the story is. I outline and that really just gets me moving. It's like I'm drawing up fake maps, but they turn out to be correct.” TryingCharacterMovingEvolutionFakeLazy Author:Steve Toltz