“I really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves.” Quote by Morgan Parker
“Sometimes I feel as though I'm trying to take a hit for the team so that other people then can move forward. I'm like, "Look, I just laid out all of my stuff, so what's the worst that can happen?".” PeopleFeelsTryingLooksSometimesHappensMovingStuffTeamWorstMoving Forward Author:Morgan Parker
“Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking about different systems, thinking about power. Trying to figure out what I can take and learn from history as a tool for getting through whatever is happening right now, which feels very significant and major.” ThinkingFeelsTryingI CanDifferentFiguresTheoryTrumpRight NowMajorsHappeningsToolsElectionSignificantSystems Thinking Author:Morgan Parker
“There's something about us using the word fascism and thinking about, "What is it? What does it mean, and what are the tenets of it?".” ThinkingMeanDoeFascism Author:Morgan Parker
“I've been thinking a lot about folks denying what has happened in history, or just not acknowledging it.” ThinkingHappenedFolks Author:Morgan Parker
“I think there's something that's fascist [in Donald Trump's election], and something that I think we could probably learn from, in terms of the energy in the world right now.” ThinkingWorldEnergyTermTrumpRight NowElectionFascists Author:Morgan Parker
“I'm working on a young adult novel. I've been working on it for a while, because I don't know how to write a novel and I'm teaching myself. For that reason, I've been reading a lot of YA [young adults], which I never have before. It's totally new to me.” KnowsWritingReasonYoungReadingNovelKnow HowTeachingAdultsYoung Adult Author:Morgan Parker
“I'm not reading any kind of fantasy [for young adults] or Hunger Games or anything like that. It's more just like geeks with crushes. It's very sweet, and I'm enjoying how honest they are, and I'm enjoying the humanity in them.” KindYoungHumanityReadingGamesEnjoyFantasyHonestSweetAdultsHungerYoung AdultCrushGeekVery Sweet Author:Morgan Parker
“I never read Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier." I've been reading books that I should have read years ago and did not. That's one of them.” ShouldYearsBookReadingYears AgoShould HaveSoldierReading BooksGood Soldiers Author:Stephen Dobyns
“I majored in English in college and that was my major in graduate school before switching to creative writing. I read a lot of [Charles] Dickens and [Anthony ] Trollope, but there was lots of stuff I hadn't read like Thackeray's "Vanity Fair," which is so well written and funny.” WritingWellsSchoolStuffCreativeWrittenCollegeMajorsFairsVanityGraduatesCreative WritingDickensWell WrittenGraduate SchoolSwitchingVanity Fair Author:Stephen Dobyns
“I had not read George Eliot, so read a few. I felt ashamed I hadn't read "Middlemarch" before.” FeltAshamedEliotMiddlemarch Author:Stephen Dobyns