If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good? Philipp Meyer goodmakepossibly Change image and share on social
There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves. Philipp Meyer bandcultureengage Change image and share on social
I'm interested in getting deep into a person's consciousness and doing so in ways in which the narrator is secondary to the character's own thoughts. Philipp Meyer characterconsciousnessdeep Change image and share on social
I didn't know much about Texas when I moved there for graduate school. In my first or second semester, I took a class in life and literature of the Southwest, and that's where I first heard about these events along the border in 1915-1918, what Anglos called the Bandit Wars. Philipp Meyer anglobanditborder share on social
I couldn't understand what was important about school. Dropping out was the first adult decision I made. If I ever have kids, I would hate for them to drop out. But I wasn't a rebel. I never cared to be against school. I just wanted to do what I wanted to do. Philipp Meyer adultcaredecision share on social