I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing. Steve Toltz wantwritewriter Change image and share on social
I haven't been part of the criminal world. Steve Toltz criminalpartworld Change image and share on social
I think as you get older, there are things that there's just no light side to, but you know, I guess the more you empathise with people, the more empathy you have, the less you are able to see the lighter side. Steve Toltz empathiseempathyguess share on social
I made some probably very cringe-worthy short films that shall hopefully never make the light of day. Steve Toltz cringedayfilm Change image and share on social
If I've written five pages by hand, out of those five pages, one page might be worth saving. The rest is crap. I have to throw it away. It's like I need eight hours to do two hours' work. Steve Toltz craphandhave Change image and share on social
I don't really have an office or anything, and I like to have to move location every two hours. So I just kind of write in a park, on a bench, in the library, in a cafe, back to the library, that kind of thing. Steve Toltz backbenchcafe share on social
I know you're supposed to hide your influences, but I suppose I see writing as riffing, really, about whatever you have been reading or thinking about that day or that week. Steve Toltz dayhideinfluence Change image and share on social
I enjoy being influenced by other writers. Steve Toltz enjoyinfluencewriter Change image and share on social
Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration. Steve Toltz exaggerationextremeextremely Change image and share on social
Raymond Chandler I love a lot, and the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. I really love his voice. Steve Toltz austrianbernhardchandler Change image and share on social
