3 Quotes by Eric Basso

In my estimation, the best course in creative writing consists of voracious transglobal reading, disrespect for authority, not paying any attention to your teachers, experiencing everything you can to the point of mental and physical damage, and drinking. That's how most of the greats did it, and how it was meant to be done.

In my estimation, the best course in creative writing consists of voracious transglobal reading, disrespect for authority, not paying any attention to your teachers, experiencing everything you can to the point of mental and physical damage, and drinking. That’s how most of the greats did it, and how it was meant to be done.

I like presenting ambiguous situations. It seems to me a great part of our inner and outer lives are ambiguous, if we’re honest about it. Maybe I’m a realist, in that respect.