“Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.” Quote by Glenn Frey
“People don't care how you feel. You need to paint pictures, you need to tell stories. That's what people want. They want to be entertained. Then all of the other stuff kind of filters across as part of the whole thing.” PeopleWantNeedsFeelsKindWholeStoriesCareStuffPaintDon't CareHow You FeelFilters Author:Glenn Frey
“I really think one of the greatest allies you can have is the imagination of your audience.” ThinkingImaginationAudienceAllies Author:Glenn Frey
“I think that's a powerful thing, to be able to engage your audience and let them put some of themselves into the music.” ThinkingAblePowerfulAudience Author:Glenn Frey
“I think the MFA programs have had a real effect on the state of American fiction, but I don't think it's a question of "this is written by someone with an MFA, and this isn't." I challenge anyone to identify a book in that way. It's totally impossible.” ThinkingWayBookRealStatesChallengesFictionImpossibleWrittenEffectsProgram Author:Chad Harbach
“The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even if you're a writer who has avoided institutions your whole life, you're still going to be reading a lot of writers who have MFAs, and are affiliated with universities.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingStillsWholeReadingCreativeEffectsProgramInstitutionsUniversityWhole LifeInstructionCreative WritingAvoided Author:Chad Harbach
“If you're part of any kind of writerly community, some of those people will have gone through MFA programs, and their thinking leaks into yours. So whatever changes MFAs have made to the culture, it's to the culture as a whole. It can't be pinned down to individual books in a way that some people would like to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayKindMadeBookWholeCultureIndividualCommunityGoneProgramLeaks Author:Chad Harbach
“A lot of writers choose to live in New York, partly because of the literary culture here, and partly because Brooklyn's a pretty nice place to live. And a lot of writers who might not geographically reside in New York still point their ambitions towards New York in some sense.” StillsMightCultureNiceNew YorkAmbitionBrooklynPlaces To Live Author:Chad Harbach
“Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not enough to get you where you need to be.” PeopleNeedsImportantEnoughDoorsFeetStartingPublishingStarting Out Author:Chad Harbach
“It is no fun at all to have been writing a book for seven or so years, especially when you've never published anything before.” WritingYearsHas BeensBookFunSevenWriting A Book Author:Chad Harbach
“A lot of my close friends had tolerantly washed their hands of the whole idea of me writing a book. They had said to themselves, "I don't know what he's doing."” KnowsWritingSaidBookIdeasWholeHandsWriting A BookClose Friends Author:Chad Harbach