I like to live in my own mind, regardless of everyone and everything, working out the intimate puzzles that are my stories and novels. T. C. Boyle intimatelivemind Change image and share on social
I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. T. C. Boyle creepnovelread Change image and share on social
The compulsively readable events of my life occurred mainly in infancy, and it's been pretty humdrum ever since. T. C. Boyle compulsivelyeventhumdrum Change image and share on social
Science has killed religion. There's no hope for the future with seven billion of us on the planet, and the only thing you can do is to laugh in the face of it all. T. C. Boyle billionfacefuture Change image and share on social
I can't fathom writers married to writers and musicians married to musicians. There's your enemy in bed beside you. T. C. Boyle bedenemyfathom Change image and share on social
Sometimes if something is entertaining and amusing, people tend to think that it doesn't have the depth of something that's dramatic. I don't think that's true. T. C. Boyle amusedepthdramatic Change image and share on social
I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it - in a world in which everything else is out of control. T. C. Boyle artcontrolcreate share on social
I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy. T. C. Boyle audiencecontroversyfront Change image and share on social
I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else. T. C. Boyle enslavepointsacrifice Change image and share on social
I am mad for nature writing. I want to get inside the head of every creature in the world, even ants. T. C. Boyle antcreaturehead Change image and share on social