My parents were very patient with my pretentious little adolescent snobberies. It took me awhile to accept them.
Matthew SpecktorIt's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time
Matthew SpecktorI like writing sentences. It's tactile and exciting. Whereas working at the level of the scene is a more cerebral pleasure.
Matthew SpecktorWe're a culture that's obsessed with people who make and who squander ridiculous amounts of wealth, which seemed an obsession well worth interrogating in a novel. That probably accounts for what some have called the book's "sweeping" feel, but I don't know that I set out to be cinematic. I wouldn't know how to do that in a novel, specifically.
Matthew Specktor