Silver is forty-four years old, if you can believe it, out of shape, and depressedโalthough he doesnโt know if you call it depression when you have good reason to be; maybe then youโre simply sad, or lonely, or just painfully aware, on a daily basis, of all the things you can never get back.
Jonathan TropperI blame Hollywood for skewing perspectives. Life is just a big romantic comedy to them, and if you meet cute, happily ever-after is a forgone conclusion.
Jonathan TropperNovel writing, to me, is all about language: choosing your words, finding the characters within the words and just really agonizing over every word. It's really crafting this whole piece from nothing.
Jonathan TropperWe are all smiling in the picture, three brothers having a grand old time just playing around in the living room, no agendas, no buried resentments or permanent scars. Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up.
Jonathan Tropper