My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert. Rick Moody comicearlyfamily Change image and share on social
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality. Rick Moody compositiongoodhardwire Change image and share on social
All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important. Rick Moody artistbegincontempt Change image and share on social
Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life. Rick Moody lifeliterarysixty Change image and share on social
Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like. Rick Moody devicematerialnonfiction Change image and share on social
The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures. Rick Moody cultureicelife Change image and share on social
I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a narrator, to get really complicated. Because it was a big deal. I'd never killed a character before. Rick Moody bigcharactercomplicate Change image and share on social
But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important to me when I was in my twenties, like going to a Paris Review party or whatever, that seems totally irrelevant now. Rick Moody driveimportantincessant Change image and share on social
When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a good example - when you don't know what the hell is going on, then it's kind of boring. Rick Moody borecontrolgood Change image and share on social