Mark Leyner

The interesting thing about something in the back of your mind is that it can travel pretty far back in your mind.

As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles of narrative don't conform to my style of experiencing the world.

I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

In entertainment, zombies are so played out. I have a gut sense that people are getting tired of apocalyptic scenarios.

The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.