Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.
Mark LeynerI think of memory as a game, that is as something one engages in with a very profound kind of "playfulness."
Mark LeynerMy relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
Mark LeynerI dont walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. Its worse than bleak, its apocalyptic.
Mark LeynerSo where does the name Adam's apple come from? Most people say that it is from the notion that this bump was caused by the forbidden fruit getting stuck in the throat of Adam in the Garden of Eden. There is a problem with this theory because some Hebrew scholars believe that the forbidden fruit was the pomegranate. The Koran claims that the forbidden fruit was a banana. So take your pick---Adam's apple, Adam's pomegranate, Adam's banana. Eve clearly chewed before swallowing.
Mark Leyner