No one reaches the Oval Office without a great deal of admiration for the institution - and himself - so it's unsurprising that sitting presidents favor the biographies of former presidents. Anthony Marra admirationbiographydeal Change image and share on social
I think after you write something and you're finished with it, there is a sense of loss. That this is a world I can't really re-enter the way that I could when I was working on it. The covers of the book close it to the writer. Anthony Marra bookclosecover share on social
You look at a surgeon as you would a secular priest, almost, if it's your child, if it's your sister on the operating table. That was an idea that very much has interested me and I've wanted to explore for some time. Anthony Marra childexplorehave share on social
Usually I spend a long while working alone before letting anyone read what I've written. Anthony Marra haveletlong Change image and share on social
I read all of the nonfiction that I could find on Chechnya, and all the while, I was searching for a novel that was set there. I couldn't find a single novel written in English that was set in the period of the two most recent Chechen wars. Anthony Marra chechenchechnyaenglish share on social
When you're writing in big block paragraphs, you can afford to have a redundant sentence now and then, but the Twitter format requires concision. Anthony Marra affordbigblock Change image and share on social
Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors. Anthony Marra groznyinsidelargely Change image and share on social
Wars break things; they break stories. Anthony Marra breakstorything Change image and share on social
A novel can grant humanity even to those who act inhumanely, and by making men and women of monsters, it can offer not only a ground-level view of a particular conflict, but a descent into the substratum of human nature capable of the incomprehensible. Anthony Marra actcapableconflict share on social
A novel can enlarge the empathy and imagination of both its author and its reader, and my experience, that sense of enlargement is most intense when I'm transported beyond the narrow limits of my daily life. Anthony Marra authordailyempathy share on social
