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12 quotes by Mark Z. Danielewski

Mark Z. Danielewski, born March 5, 1966 in New York City, New York, is a Polish American author, best known for his debut novel House of Leaves (2000). Danielewski's work is characterized by experimental choices in form, such as intricate and multi-layered narratives, typographical variation, and inconsistent page layouts, otherwise known as visual writing or ergodic literature.
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Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good times.

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I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd like to lay claim to some... →

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My interest is in how meaning is communicated via language, and I believe the shape, positioning, even the color of the language has an effect on... →

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Even the closest relationships that I have I know could potentially fall away. That's not to speak pessimistically or negatively about those... →

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Literature is capable of being a subject that people want to catch up on or discuss, whether at a coffee shop or a watercooler. It can become an... →

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Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple.

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I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books.

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At the heart of any terror is the fear of losing what we find meaningful.

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'House of Leaves' is certainly about the unsettling nature of fear - and it was my aim to address that - but it's also about recovering... →

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I'm not independently wealthy.

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'Lord of the Rings' was a set of books in which the world had been conceived before the characters were placed within that context.

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At the breakfast table we are footnoting everything that we read. We don't recognise it as such but we encounter an article in the newspaper and... →

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