'Fast Food Nation' isn't about my journey into the dark world of fast food and the prison book is not about my journey into the prison world. I'm not using myself as any kind of narrative link.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I will say that the prison regime is rather a good one for a writer because you have plenty of time to write.
The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.
'Restaurant Man' is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.
I don't eat fast food often, but I love tacos. I could write prophetically about how perfect the taco is.
My idea of fast food is a mallard.
Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets. It celebrates a mentality of sloth, convenience, and a cheerful embrace of food we know is hurting us.
The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity.
'Fast Food Nation' was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food.
I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.
Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated.