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Quote by Steve Erickson

“If you're a smart writer, you listen.”

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Steve Erickson is an American novelist born on April 20, 1950. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into American society and culture. more

“Philip Glass, like [Virginia] Woolf, is more interested in that which continues than he is in that which begins, climaxes, and ends... Glass and Woolf have both broken out of the traditional realm of the story, whether literary or musical, in favor of something more meditative, less neatly delineated, and more true to life. For me, Glass [finds] in three repeated notes something of [a] rapture of sameness.”

Ends Stories Three Broken Notes Musical Glasses Favors Traditional Realms Virginia Rapture Sameness True Life Philip Climax Woolf

Author:Michael Cunningham

“My musical sensibilities were formed around punk rock, that quintessential dilution of an art that's both ugly and lovely at the same time.”

Art Rocks Musical Ugly Lovely Punk Sensibility Punk Rock Quintessential

Author:Joshua Mohr

“For the book to succeed, it has to have equal parts ugliness and beauty, counterpoints adding up to emotional complexity. To me, there's a dignity in letting your art be emotionally complex.”

Art Book Emotional Succeed Equal Art Is Dignity Complexes Complexity Ugliness

Author:Joshua Mohr

“I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its readers are up to the challenge of interacting with difficult material.”

Knows Art Hard Difficult Challenges Audience Written Materials Hard Work Reader Interacting

Author:Joshua Mohr

“I'll never be the sort of author who sells that many copies. You'll never see a book of mine being sold on a table at Costco, between the extra-large jorts and a barrel of salsa. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I'll be indie till I die.”

Way Book Dies Mines Tables Sells Extras Copies Barrels Salsa Costco

Author:Joshua Mohr

“It's a beautiful aspect of narrative construction, hunting for the right images and metaphors to render our character's hearts/minds/souls as though they're ecosystems, full-fledged settings for a reader to inhabit like a place.”

Mind Heart Soul Character Beautiful Reader Aspect Metaphor Setting Settings Narrative Construction Hunting Ecosystems

Author:Joshua Mohr

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