Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes faux fiction literary
I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic - hyper-realistic - stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn't meld the two. Dennis Lehane absurddarkfind share on social
Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job. Dennis Lehane chaosfocusjob Change image and share on social
I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words symphonic. Dennis Lehane capabledeeplyhigh Change image and share on social
I'm doing a pilot for Comedy Central with the band Steel Panther. They're faux heavy metal. They started as kind of a tribute band out here, or a cover band, and they're funny guys, and they just sort of morphed into their own thing. Brian Posehn bandcentralcomedy share on social
With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal. Robert Gottlieb appealbookcommercial Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
