Rick Moody Quotes

I Think People On Antidepressants Often Lose Sexual Feelings. I Don't Mean That I Think Sex Is Only About Sadness; It Is Obviously About Joy And Vitality And Birth As Well.

I Suppose That The Sympathetic/unsympathetic Debate About Characters Sometimes Feels To Me Like A Misstatement Of Purpose. I Always Think Of Truly Complex Characters Are Falling Between The Cracks In That Debate.

Updike Worked This Way, And I Just Kinda Borrowed It From Him. So The Memoir Will Be Relief From Novel Writing For A Moment.

I'm Not The Guy To Ask About The Most Up To Date Stuff.

I Am Excited By... The New Novel By Samantha Hunt. She's A Writer I Really Admire A Lot.

Sadness Is Simply Something To Be Treated With Antidepressant Meds And Otherwise Need Not Be Spoken Of.

My Suspicion Is That This Is An Unavoidable Human Dilemma, That People Will Always Want To Avoid Pain, To Avoid Those Who Are In Pain, And So Will Be Vulnerable To Anyone Or Anything That Seems To Promise Permanent Avoidance.

I Have Admired Melissa Pritchard's Writing For Several Years Now For Its Wisdom, Its Humble Elegance, And Its Earthy Comedy.

My Contention Is That That Style Is Just As Stylized As An Ornate Style.

I Believe In The Absolute And Unlimited Liberty Of Reading. I Believe In Wandering Through The Stacks And Picking Out The First Thing That Strikes Me. I Believe In Choosing Books Based On The Dust Jacket.

I'm Trying To Make Sure That There's Comedy As Well As Sadness. It Makes The Sadness More Memorable.

There’s Something Really Rich And Powerful In Not Talking About What You Need To Talk About Sometimes.