I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes novel reality understand
The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard! Manuel Puig appearcreatehard Change image and share on social
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious. Manuel Puig characternovelistpersonal Change image and share on social
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they? Manuel Puig dreammodelnocturnal Change image and share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social
It got to the point where most of my time went toward writing novels. I would still occasionally write short stories, but only when I was commissioned by an editor to write for a themed anthology or special issue. Tim Pratt anthologycommissioneditor share on social
What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves. Sam Brownback billbookcivic Change image and share on social