Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can add it. Read full biography of Adam Ross →
I think that if you have a knack for storytelling, and you work really hard at it, you'll have a chance to tap into something deep. But the fact... →
Hardcover and paperback forever. Someone carve that into a tree.
I just finished Lawrence Wright's 'Looming Tower,' must-reading for anyone who wants to understand our post-9/11 world and, in its... →
I play golf, but sometimes it's so un-relaxing, I have to play tennis to wind down. Now that I think about it, this process is sort of like when... →
The best compliment came from Knopf's Sonny Mehta. We were at lunch in New York with my editor, Gary Fisketjon, it was my first time meeting... →
There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - we're talking sixth grade here - that I strongly... →
Writers do well to carefully attend to those moments of inspiration, because chances are that they're writing from a very deep place. The... →
Personally, I read fiction, in part, because I get to spend time with people who aren't my people.
In a crazy way, writing is a lot like any kind of very complex game - like chess, where you have the knowledge as you're composing all of the... →
Marriage is a kind of prison for anyone who's miserable in it - men and women alike - and anyone who's suffered through difficult periods in... →
'Mr. Peanut' is not about a man who dreams of killing his wife; that's jacket copy, to me. 'Mr. Peanut' is about the dynamism of... →
Once when I went over my work with my Washington University professor, the late great Stanley Elkin, he pointed to a passage of mine and said:... →