116 Quotes by Rick Moody

I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training!

God howls with laughter at earthly plans, you know?

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

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

The idea to make hotel reviews the form of the novel came first.So I just started writing hotel reviews and tried to come up with a consistent voice.

I don't know exactly how long the book as we know it will exist, but I fully expect to make it to my death without having to give up on books.

I turned forty, and Im 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.

The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death rate among white men in middle age. Higher than among any other demographic, etc. Mostly death by drugs, alcohol, or suicide. Many of them rural. My feeling is that it's many people who haven't been able to get back into the work force. Reg Morse is an example of the problem.