I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree. Nicholson Baker afflictionblushdegree Change image and share on social
I don't do all that well in the writerly world. I'm happier being outside the flow. Nicholson Baker flowhappyworld 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
I no longer want to live in an apartment furnished with forklifts and backhoes. Nicholson Baker apartmentbackhoeforklift Change image and share on social
Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism. Nicholson Baker altruismflourishpartly Change image and share on social
For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo. Nicholson Baker begincontrolform Change image and share on social
It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one event then you have to call it fiction or you get all the credits of non-fiction without paying the price. Nicholson Baker callchangecredit 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
I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue - a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they weren't libelous or otherwise illegal. Nicholson Baker binbreakdream share on social
