“There are moments when it frightens us, threatening to expose us as inauthentic. Well, the big-time impostors we read about in literature run this risk constantly, flirting with destruction, not just humiliation or embarrassment. It's a spectacle that we can't help but find compelling, and it involves a certain level of courage that we sneakily admire, perhaps.” WellsMomentsHelpingBigsRunningCertainLiteratureLevelsRiskDestructionAdmireCompellingThreateningHumiliationFlirtingEmbarrassment Author:Walter Kirn
“realized that at a level I'd never been conscious we'd been engaged in a game of wits for years. I suppose most writer-subject pairings are like that. Of course, I'd set aside my plan to write about him [Clark Rockfeller] as soon as I'd gotten to know him some, but now I'd resumed that intention.” KnowsWritingYearsCoursesGamesLevelsPlansSubjectsConsciousIntentionWitEngaged Author:Walter Kirn
“The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at some level, indefensible.” LinesLevelsVirtueDrawsWho We Are Book:Up in the Air: A Novel Source: Up in the Air: A Novel
