Men want to make the best use of time and want to see how something can inform them and give them a stronger sense of power.
Chuck Palahniuk
With a book, you're guaranteed the audience has a certain skill level and that the audience has to make an ongoing effort to consume this product... →
My parents divorced about the same time the movie 'The Parent Trap' came out, about two twins at camp who scheme to get their parents back... →
Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but it's not... →
People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they'd have my autograph tattooed. I decided I... →
I think it's more important to write something that brings men back to reading than it is to write for people who already read. There's a... →
Most novels, I find, are three times longer than they need to be. Very little happens, and I don't want to waste my time with them.
I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them.... →
I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative in my head; I was... →
I see women as oppressed, but I don't see them as victims; I see them rising all the time. I see them as very strong.
Grace Paley