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
I first read Dostoyevsky when I was 14 years old and was entranced. Dostoyevsky truly is a writer for 14-year-olds, and I mean that in the most approving way - approving of his energy, and rage, his endless pessimism, and endless innocence. Joshua Cohen approvedostoyevskyendless share on social
Books were in my family - books were my family. Joshua Cohen bookfamily 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
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
Taking trains and trams in Berlin, I noticed people reading. Books, I mean - not pocket-size devices that bleep as if censorious, on which even Shakespeare scans like a spreadsheet. Joshua Cohen berlinbleepbook 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
Most novelists are narcissistic egomaniacs who would probably fit somewhere on the CEO spectrum. Joshua Cohen ceoegomaniacfit Change image and share on social
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
Writing is a conviction before it is a craft. Joshua Cohen convictioncraftwrite Change image and share on social