There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids who live by surfing the Web.
Frederick BuschWhat I try to do is read stuff that won't deal with the dangerous dark things I hope I am writing about.
Frederick BuschWhen you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as his words.
Frederick BuschIn a way, I see my fiction as having moved in that direction - and the characters as dealing simultaneously with their personal history and with the present in which they are trying to make their way. So that the books are simultaneously about public and interior events. And I am having a great time getting confused and crazed writing about them.
Frederick Busch