Mark Leyner Quotes

My Relationship With My Readers Is Somewhat Theatrical. One Of The Main Things I Try To Do In My Work Is Delight My Readers.

My Work Generally Tends To Be An All-out, 360-degree Subversive Take On Everything, Most Of All My Own Notion Of Myself As A Son, Father, Husband, Human Being And Male In This Culture.

“et Tu, Babe” Was Born Out Of My Absolute Certainty That A Writer’s Life Was Solitary And Insular, And I Was Happy With That. I Love Reading And Writing, It’s My Whole Life.

I'm Fascinated With Video Games, Though I Can't Really Play Them. It's Definitely An Art Form That Intrigues Me To No End, Though.

As Far As What I Do, My Value As A Writer Is Certainly Not To Try To Recapitulate A 19th Century Form. Certain Styles Of Narrative Don't Conform To My Style Of Experiencing The World.

I've Always Been Entranced With Theater.

My Idea With My Work Is Always To Fashion Something That's Impossible To Transpose Into Any Other Media.

I'm In That Very Preliminary Stage Of Wondering How Exactly To "pressurize" The Novel In Some Way I've Never Considered Before.

I Dont Walk Around Chuckling All The Time. My Outlook Is Very Bleak. Its Worse Than Bleak, Its Apocalyptic.

In Me, Speaking Psychologically, There Is Always An Ongoing Struggle Between My Enormously Self-regarding, Almost Delusionally Aspirational, Napoleonic Personality And A Marginalized One.

I Think As I Have Gotten Older, My Feelings About My Role In The Culture As A Writer, And Me Specifically, Has Changed, And Has Become More Degraded And Marginalized. This May Be A More Personal And Psychological Than A Sociological Insight, But I Feel More Vulnerable.

Actually What's Worse Than A Dog's Mouth Is A Cat's Mouth. They're Not Dirtier Per Se, But They Have Sharper Teeth, So They Are Much More Likely To Go Deep, Should They Bite You.