It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes with people doing stuff, sometimes I'd have the details all wrong or I couldn't remember what happened exactly, so I just let that be. Rick Moody detailgreathappen share on social
I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable. Rick Moody comedymakememorable 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
So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions. Rick Moody bookdarkemotion Change image and share on social
I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out. Rick Moody awardbookhave 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
I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century. Rick Moody backbostoncentury 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
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
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
