It's hard to imagine there's a place for great writing inside a multinational conglomerate.
Matthew SpecktorI'm going to write what I feel like writing, which is a great place to be. But it can be hard to get there. It's so easy to get stricken with one kind of self-consciousness or another.
Matthew SpecktorDuring the 90s, I watched a lot of people getting fat and prosperous, and I thought, culture itself is the casualty of this.
Matthew SpecktorSacrificing one's life on the altar of literature is in some ways like sacrificing a goat to some malicious spirit. It's not always a humane or necessary decision.
Matthew Specktor