“I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.” Quote by Frederick Busch
“When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as his words.” WritingImportantCharacterCrucial Author:Frederick Busch
“I don't think I want to write a third book. But the more people talk to me about it, the more I think maybe I do.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingBookThirdsTalk To Me Author:Frederick Busch
“The culture is with some rapidity fearing its imagination. I don't know why. Imagination is not of interest.” KnowsCultureInterestImagination Author:Frederick Busch
“It's hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention.” RealHardAttentionFictionTake TimeIt Takes Time Author:Frederick Busch
“Nonfiction, for the most part, is facts, and it's "how I was mistreated. I was mistreated. Were you mistreated? Weren't we all mistreated?"” FactsNonfictionMistreated Author:Frederick Busch
“The people who make reality are angry peasants with old cannon shells wired together, an anti-vehicle device.” PeopleRealityTogetherAngryDevicesVehicleShellsPeasantsCannons Author:Frederick Busch
“People do not read, by and large. They watch television.” PeopleWatchesTelevision Author:Frederick Busch
“I have a wonderful editor who believes in fiction and poetry. She herself is a novelist and poet.” BelieveFictionWonderfulPoetNovelistsEditors Author:Frederick Busch
“If there is some blood on the pages then you have some readership.” IfsBloodPagesReadership Author:Frederick Busch
“I always want to read Gore Vidal's nonfiction. Because everything he writes is an essay and it's worth reading.” WantWritingReadingNonfictionEssaysGoreWorth Reading Author:Frederick Busch