I tell jokes, and I have fun, but I tend to worry about everybody and everything throughout the entire world. T. C. Boyle entirefunjoke Change image and share on social
The novel is a seduction; a reader has to be seduced. T. C. Boyle readerseduceseduction Change image and share on social
One of the reasons I've been able to be productive is that I want to do everything. T. C. Boyle haveproductivereason Change image and share on social
The beauty of American law is you cannot slander anybody who is dead. This is not true in all countries. T. C. Boyle americanbeautycountry Change image and share on social
I hope to stay light on my feet, to work in many modes, to seek inspiration always, and avoid the fatal. But, as we all know, it is the price of life to burn out, both metaphorically and literally. T. C. Boyle avoidburnfatal Change image and share on social
What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language? T. C. Boyle identitylanguage Change image and share on social
I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself. T. C. Boyle describeenvironmentalistmarch 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 think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean, that's what the best art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to be political. I think if you read all my books, you know where I stand, pretty much. T. C. Boyle artbookcorrectly share on social
I think the best endings bring you back in rather than close things off with absolute finality. I'm not saying they necessarily have to be ambiguous, but we don't always need to know what happens when everyone wakes up tomorrow morning. T. C. Boyle absoluteambiguousback share on social
