Novels are pirated all the time, but it's hard to imagine that you're at work and you open up the attachment that your brother sent you and it's the new Phillip Roth novel. Adam Mansbach attachmentbrotherhard Change image and share on social
While I'm working, I stick with music that won't distract me - the dub stylings of Scientist and King Tubby, maybe some Beethoven string quartets. Adam Mansbach beethovendistractdub Change image and share on social
Ultimately, very few people parent their kids in ways that strike anybody else as reasoned, appropriate or sane. Adam Mansbach kidparentpeople Change image and share on social
For me, graffiti writers were always the fascinating eccentrics of hip-hop culture. What they do is secretive by definition, and not remunerative in any way. Adam Mansbach culturedefinitioneccentric Change image and share on social
The publishing industry stopped having new ideas out of respect for the untimely death of Ernest Hemingway in 1961 and has been doing everything the same way ever since. Adam Mansbach deathernehemingway Change image and share on social
I've planned book tours for myself, whether or not anybody wants to hear what I have to say. I've weighed in on things like what the cover looks like, what the copy looks like, how it's going to be promoted - just every aspect of it. Adam Mansbach aspectbookcopy share on social
I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases. Adam Mansbach evolveintroducelanguage Change image and share on social
The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene. Adam Mansbach beatgraffitoheart Change image and share on social
Of course, the opposite of white privilege is not blackness, as many of us seemed to think then; the opposite of white privilege is working to dismantle that privilege. But my particular hip-hop generation proved to be very serious about figuring it all out and staying engaged. Adam Mansbach blacknessdismantleengage share on social
Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing. Adam Mansbach dancedemocraticdualism share on social