“Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for me because I'm always afraid I'll get it wrong.” Quote by Dan Chaon
“The kind of person I find myself interested in is a cross between being very emotionally complex and very immature. That's what I felt I was like when I was younger.” KindPersonsFeltCrossesComplexesImmature Author:Dan Chaon
“I'd read an enormous amount but had spent so much time in my own head that I didn't have extensive social skills. Suddenly I was in this world where I was surrounded by these incredibly polished and wealthy kids who had gone to prep schools, and I felt daunted by them. I don't think people were aware of how full of anxiety I was... For a long time I felt like I was living in a place where I shouldn't have been.” PeopleThinkingWorldLongHas BeensKidsSchoolSocialFeltMy OwnGoneThis WorldAmountSkillsAnxietyLong TimeEnormousWealthyPolishedPrepsSocial Skills Author:Dan Chaon
“Plot and scene are still the hardest things for me, though I think they're the building blocks of what makes a story work.” ThinkingStillsStoriesBuildingSceneHardestBlockPlotHardest ThingBuilding Blocks Author:Dan Chaon
“You can recognize in your own reading habits what writers are doing that works and what doesn't. I'm becoming much more aware of that after reading a decade of student stories.” StoriesReadingStudentsBecomingHabitDecadesReading Habits Author:Dan Chaon
“I started out as a poet who primarily wanted to write about image and moment. Over the years I've been trying to teach myself how to do plot and scene. My first story collection had the most issues with the plotlessness, and when I was writing my second collection I was teaching myself how to make things happen.” WritingTryingYearsFirstsMomentsStoriesHappensWantedTeachIssuesTeachingPoetSceneThings HappenCollectionsPlotMake Things Happen Author:Dan Chaon
“I know a lot of people don't listen to music when they're writing because it distracts them, but for me it's almost a way to get into the self-hypnotic state that I need to be in to write.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsWritingSelfStatesListening To MusicHypnotic Author:Dan Chaon
“I think in this day and age it's very important.” ThinkingImportantAgeThis Day Author:Lizzy Plapinger
“I think it's almost a unique control that artists can have now more than they ever did, I think if you don't be proactive about how you want your music to be visually represented, I think other people will do it for you - so how comfortable are you with people putting their own two cents on it?” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTwoArtistComfortableUniqueCentsProactiveTwo Cents Author:Lizzy Plapinger
“Which even though we do have a very visual aesthetic and identity, we love it when people make their own videos to the music.” PeopleIdentityVideoVisualsAesthetic Author:Lizzy Plapinger
“I think something for us that we're always interested in is how people interpret the music or the band for themselves, and that sort of level of interactivity for us specifically is really awesome, but I can imagine for some bands the ability to make your sound and make your identity known could be challenging.” PeopleThinkingI CanSoundChallengesAbilityLevelsKnownImagineIdentityBandReally Awesome Author:Lizzy Plapinger
