37 Quotes by Robert Coover

When you're living with a mob of other people, it's hard not to fall into thinking like as they do, and then you ain't YOU no more.

Shitfire, parson! And I mean thet sincerely!

Metafiction says something. It has to do with taking a large fiction itself and writing within it; that kind of self-reflecting writing that emerges from it can be thought of as metafictional.

There’s no need to inundate the world with books and language. It’s just too full already. There’s so much rubbish hiding in the world. But as long as I think I can do something inventive and insightful, then I’ll keep doing it.

The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn’t imagine ourselves through a day without it.

My disenchantment? Oh no, my dear, there are no disenchantments, merely progressions and styles of possession. To exist is to be spellbound.

We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates.

Language is the square hole we keep trying to jam the round peg of life into. It’s the most insane thing we do.

In a way, Sandy did them a disservice, provided them with dreams and legends that blocked off their perception of the truth.