The Internet makes the writer work harder - I have to say things here I've never said before, or else be caught out in repeating myself. Joshua Cohen catchhardhave Change image and share on social
The big publishers want someone they can send on the Jewish book circuit, somebody the old ladies can see marrying their granddaughters. Joshua Cohen bigbookcircuit Change image and share on social
Writing is a conviction before it is a craft. Joshua Cohen convictioncraftwrite Change image and share on social
The Internet is a contest between people with the same name to be the person who dominates that online space. Joshua Cohen contestdominateinternet Change image and share on social
Say you're an American novelist, published by the largest publishing house in the world. Their goal is to make as much money from you as possible, to have as many people read your book in as many formats as possible. How can you hope to speak intimately to the numbers of people that represent the book sales required? Joshua Cohen americanbookformat share on social
All technology does is give us back to ourselves. So to be anti-technology in a sense is to be anti-human. Joshua Cohen antibackgive Change image and share on social
A writer appears in everything that he does. That said, I felt like writing characters with my own name, in fact, provided me with something of a smoke screen. Joshua Cohen appearcharacterfact Change image and share on social
The Muslim heaven features prominently in the Quran, Arabic poetries and Hadith. The Jewish heaven, though, is still a mystery; it's mystic. Joshua Cohen arabicfeaturehadith Change image and share on social
You know you're a fool when what you're doing makes even the post office seem efficient. Joshua Cohen efficientfoolmake Change image and share on social
Metaphors, similes, puns - all manner of metonymy - I'm interested in language that cannot be parsed by a machine - language that can only be understood through acculturation. Joshua Cohen acculturationinterestlanguage Change image and share on social