All of business and all of politics is essentially fiction to those who live them. I have more experience with fiction than most senators because I do it all day, so their world didn't seem that foreign to me. Joshua Cohen businessdayessentially share on social
A poem is bound by language, but a poetics is not. Joshua Cohen bindlanguagepoem Change image and share on social
Books were in my family - books were my family. Joshua Cohen bookfamily Change image and share on social
Most novelists are narcissistic egomaniacs who would probably fit somewhere on the CEO spectrum. Joshua Cohen ceoegomaniacfit Change image and share on social
The problem is Jewish-American fiction that always ends with assimilation back into the community. Joshua Cohen americanassimilationback Change image and share on social
I've never enriched myself via privatization schemes in Eastern Europe. Joshua Cohen easternenricheurope Change image and share on social
Novelists can ask - they can ask for anything - but their books are their answers in advance. Joshua Cohen advanceanswerbook Change image and share on social
You write a novel by inventing a world and inventing the rules that govern that world. Then you break the rules when you want to. Joshua Cohen breakgoverninvent Change image and share on social
I've always been discreet - more than discreet. When a friend calls, and I'm doing something innocuous like cooking dinner, I tell them I'm reading or running out to the movies. It's the surveillance I can't stand. Joshua Cohen callcookdinner share on social
I think that technology is essentially a continuation of a divestment of theological power that's been happening since The Enlightenment. It's the idea that God can see and hear everything. Joshua Cohen continuationdivestmentenlightenment Change image and share on social