In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.
From Gary Shteyngart
Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so important. I am here to have fun here with my work.
I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
A lot of the ways of advertising a book - the cover, whether somebody sees it on a subway or sees it in a bookstore - those things are going to rapidly diminish as we move to an electronic model.
I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.
That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.
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