I think a book is often an account, or a series of accounts, that create a world that is sort of half of the world. There are references to a world, and then the reader supplies the other fifty percent. Jesse Ball accountbookcreate share on social
As humans, we're so easily persuaded. We join this cause or that cause, and suddenly the other thing is wrong. Jesse Ball easilyhumanjoin Change image and share on social
As a writer of fiction, lying is the central thing to all books. Jesse Ball bookcentralfiction Change image and share on social
I had a lot of trouble in school to begin with. I got left back in kindergarten, and I was in special education. My teachers didn't have very much faith in me. Jesse Ball backbegineducation Change image and share on social
New York feels like sometimes it's not part of the United States. So does L.A. Chicago feels like it's a big city that's part of America. Jesse Ball americabigchicago Change image and share on social
I think it's a dangerous thing for anyone to have power over other people. Jesse Ball dangerouspeoplepower Change image and share on social
My bookshelves have no order. I prune them regularly and sell the books to Myopic Books, a Chicago bookstore. They give me store credit, and then I spend all the store credit, and, presumably, return to sell them back more of the books I bought from them. Jesse Ball backbookbookshelf share on social
If society is a ship, it appears to many to be firmly at anchor in moral waters. Perhaps this isn't so. Jesse Ball anchorappearfirmly Change image and share on social
Lying is our stock-in-trade as social creatures. Jesse Ball creatureliesocial Change image and share on social
As far as I can see, the best writers in the last two hundred years have been Whitman, Rilke, Proust, Kafka. Their best works: 'Leaves of Grass - 1855;' 'Duino Elegies;' 'The Captive & The Fugitive;' 'The Castle.' Jesse Ball captivecastleduino share on social
