“I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it.” WritingAbleCrazyPlotEpic Author:Jami Attenberg
“Because you have very limited time and you have to be very judicious and wise about how you spend it. But otherwise, I've always been - ever since I was a kid, I've always been coming up with ideas. So I'm able to come up with crazy ideas twice for two collections! It's fun.” TwoIdeasKidsAbleFunWiseCrazyCome UpCollectionsLimited TimeCrazy Ideas Author:Prabal Gurung
“Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers start talking about how characters are talking to them, and it's crazy, she's never had that. And I also thought, I'm never gonna be able to do this, because I didn't feel that for a really long time.” FeelsWritingTryingLongCharacterAbleFictionTalkingCrazyLong TimeOkayParisInterviewsReviewsFiction WritersReally Long Author:Sloane Crosley
“Recognizing that the world is governed by a minority, the sexually active, and that they hold sway of a huge majority of the nonsexual, those people too young or too old or too poor or too homely or sick or crazy or powerless to be able to afford sexual partners (or the luxury of systematic, sustained and shared introspection, so sexual in its own way). All advertisements and films and songs are addressed to sexuals, to their rash whims and finicky tastes.” PeopleWorldWayAbleFilmYoungSongPoorCrazyHugeTasteSickMajorityActivePartnersLuxuryMinoritiesIntrospectionPowerlessRecognizingSexuallySystematicWhimAdvertisementsHomely Author:Edmund White
“Attention spans are shrinking on a daily basis, and it's getting harder to make an impression that lasts. So the fact that we were able to make a mark in a way that led to the continued relevance of the record is kind of crazy. I'm in awe of that.” WayKindFactsAbleLastsAttentionRecordsCrazyBasesHarderMarkImpressionAweRelevanceShrinkingAttention Span Author:Sam Fogarino
“My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it. And I think it's because she was an immigrant and that idea of sort of having her kids be able to have access to their dreams and whatever they wanted to follow was very important to her.” ThinkingKnowsKindLittlesImportantIdeasDreamKidsAbleWantedParentBoysSupportCrazyMomMy MomAccessImmigrantsRacingBikeSupportiveSurfingCrazy ThingsBoy ScoutBmx Author:Terry Gross
“The house has to be clean and in order because I have to be able to sift through the creative disorder in my mind. The mental disorder that I'm exploring has to bounce off the walls. It has to go in and out of different rooms. If the room is not in order, then I can't distinguish which is which, and that really drives me crazy.” IfsMindI CanDifferentAbleOrderHouseRoomsCreativeCrazyWallCleanDisorderExploringBounceMental DisorderDrive Me CrazyOff The Wall Author:Alexis De Veaux