“Odd things happen in New York, which is why it's such a great source of stories.” Quote by Sophie Blackall
“Nothing is known for sure, even the person who was there isn't entirely sure he or she had the same response as the other in that moment. One person might have fallen head over heels, the other might have been thinking about what to have for dinner and inadvertently making eye contact.” ThinkingPersonsHas BeensMomentsMightEyeKnownResponseDinnerContactFallenThat MomentHeelsMight Have BeenEye ContactHead Over Heels Author:Sophie Blackall
“But mostly I think two people do share a moment, and we all know that feeling, and it can put a spring in your step for the rest of the day.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTwoMomentsFeelingsStepsShareSpringSpring In Your Step Author:Sophie Blackall
“At the time I was first writing the stories/essays that appear in Oedipus Wrecked, I was still under the impression that people would be delighted to see their name in print. I overlooked the fact that I was writing about intimate matters, and people are a bit touchy about airing their private lives in such a public fashion. Especially when it's done without their consent.” PeopleWritingFirstsStillsMatterDoneFactsStoriesWould BeNamesBitsFashionImpressionIntimatePrintConsentEssaysPrivate LifeDelightedOverlookedTouchyOedipus Author:Kevin Keck
“That being said, if you slept with me and are filled with shame at the possibility of the world knowing, then you should have considered that before you hopped into bed with a writer.” IfsWorldShouldSaidKnowingPossibilityBedShould HaveShameFilled Author:Kevin Keck
“I didn't write poems for a number of years after graduate school because the criticisms of other students in the workshops wouldn't quiet down in my mind when I tried to work.” WritingYearsMindSchoolNumbersStudentsQuietCriticismGraduatesWorkshopsGraduate SchoolCriticism Of Others Author:Kevin Keck
“In some sense that was a blessing, because it forced me to focus on prose. I feel my narrative voice in prose is more authentically me because I developed it without ever soliciting the advice of anyone else.” FeelsVoiceFocusAdviceBlessingNarrativeProseNarrative Voice Author:Kevin Keck
“I read a lot; I tried to understand the mechanisms that made the books I liked successful, and I went that route. So, as for readers - when I think about them I like to think they read the same books I do.” ThinkingMadeBookSuccessfulReaderMechanismRoutes Author:Kevin Keck
“It all depends on what I'm working on and if there is a deadline involved. Anything that's headed toward a magazine or newspaper is hacked out on the computer; that's a matter of efficiency. I write longer pieces of prose on a typewriter because the act of retyping it for the computer is a useful tactic for revision. Poems tend to be written longhand.” IfsWritingMatterPiecesWrittenDependsInvolvedComputerNewspapersMagazinesProseEfficiencyTacticsDeadlineTypewritersRevisionHacked Author:Kevin Keck
“You know, there are those writers who work at writing every day. I'm not one of those guys. I tend to work at varying levels of intensity, based on the amount of time and energy I have available.” KnowsWritingGuyEnergyLevelsAmountAvailableIntensityTime And EnergyWriting Every Day Author:Kevin Keck
“Energy seems to be the more critical of those two variables, because if I'm really feeling the push/pull to write, then I'll make the time.” IfsWritingTwoFeelingsSeemsEnergyCriticalVariables Author:Kevin Keck