I'd been in Sacramento a day and already noticed the pervasiveness of its homeless problem. The city seemed like California without the masks or pretense: a place where dreams were occasionally made but mostly torn apart. Tom Bissell californiacityday share on social
Only in about 2007 or so did it become clear to me that games could stand proudly beside other storytelling mediums, and that's when I became more, shall we say, evangelistic in my position. Prior to that, I don't know how enthusiastically I would have admitted that I game. Tom Bissell admitclearenthusiastically share on social
I don't know how video game narrative works. Tom Bissell gamenarrativevideo Change image and share on social
I view myself as a fiction writer who just happens to write nonfiction. I think I look at the world through a fiction-writer's eyes. Tom Bissell eyefictionnonfiction Change image and share on social
My fiction-writing DNA shows in how I think about prose, how I think about the page, how I think nonfiction stories should work. And every piece of nonfiction I write, I want it to have fictional texture. Tom Bissell dnafictionfictional share on social
Every book in the 'Dreams' cycle dramatizes a particular epoch in the ongoing cultural collision between North America's native peoples and its European colonizers. Tom Bissell americabookcollision Change image and share on social
There's a sense of fiction in every video game. It creates a world for itself that you want to obey. Tom Bissell createfictiongame Change image and share on social
I'm an Old Media guy. I don't have a website; I don't Twitter. I love magazines, yet I love video games. It's a strange disconnect. Tom Bissell disconnectgameguy Change image and share on social
I have an immensely understanding partner who does something creative herself, and we both need a lot of time alone. I structure my life around getting my work done, first and foremost. Everything else is secondary. That's the only way I've been able to do it. Tom Bissell creativeforemosthave share on social
For film at the beginning of the 20th century, they didn't even know what editing was yet. Actors didn't know how to perform in front of the camera. There wasn't sound. Tom Bissell 20thactorbegin Change image and share on social
