The great thing about novels is that you can be as unshy as you want to be. I'm very polite in person. I don't want to talk about startling or upsetting things with people. Nicholson Baker greatnovelpeople Change image and share on social
Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It is fact-encirclingly huge, and it is idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, shocking and full of simmering controversies - and it is free, and it is fast. Nicholson Baker carefulcontroversyencirclingly Change image and share on social
The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable harmony. Nicholson Baker addcomplaintcomponent Change image and share on social
I really practiced hard and got to a certain level of technical proficiency. I overcame some of my limitations. I was a hard-working, dedicated bassoonist, but I have to say I'm not a natural musician. Nicholson Baker bassoonistdedicatehard share on social
I'm often called obsessive, but I don't think I am any more than anyone else. Nicholson Baker callobsessive Change image and share on social
Rarely do pens go dry in restaurants. Nicholson Baker penrarelyrestaurant Change image and share on social
When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. Nicholson Baker botherfiddlepeople Change image and share on social
I've never been a fast reader. I'm fickle; I don't finish books I start; I put a book aside for five, ten years and then take it up again. Nicholson Baker bookfastfickle Change image and share on social
While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I wanted to read. Nicholson Baker assumeliberatepseudonym Change image and share on social
So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. Nicholson Baker beginfaillearn Change image and share on social
