Rick Moody Quotes & Sayings

“Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that.”

“I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable.”

“It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more.”

“I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order.”

“Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.”

“I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.”

“I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.”

“The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.”

“So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions.”

“I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out.”