I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Bernhard. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bernhard big connor
It's lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I've made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There's joy and passion in the next room, in the next bed, but it's not yours. Ben Marcus bedeavesdrophabit Change image and share on social
I work a lot in the summers. My family goes to Maine, where we have a little house. My wife's a writer, too, and we can write for six hours a day and then play with the kids. Ben Marcus dayfamilyhour Change image and share on social
My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all. Ben Marcus agebookreview Change image and share on social
I'm an enormous fan of Thomas Bernhard's books, and I like the relentless feeling in his work - the pursuit of darkness, the negative - and I think in some sense I've internalised that as what one is supposed to do. Ben Marcus bernhardbookdarkness share on social
Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of observation. Floyd Skloot connorflannerylife Change image and share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social