I love the internet and it has been incredibly useful and I have made discoveries that have been immeasurably crucial to my work- things I donโt know how I ever would have found out otherwise, that are perfect, just what I need for whatever Iโm doing.
Michael ChabonI saw a lot of lousy movies and watched a ton of crappy television and read a bunch of utterly forgettable books and comics and listened to hours of junk music as a kid. And I'm still drawing profitably in my own art on some of the tawdry treasure I stored up in those years.
Michael ChabonHe looked so profoundly disappointed in me that I wondered for a moment if he was someone I knew.
Michael ChabonMy heart was simultaneously broken and filled with lust, I was exhausted, and I loved every minute of it. It was strange and elating to find myself for once the weaker.
Michael ChabonNot only would I never want to belong to any club that would have me for a member--if elected I would wear street shoes onto the squash court and set fire to the ballroom curtains.
Michael ChabonI hate to see great works of literature ghettoized, whereas others that conform to the rules, conventions, and procedures of the genre we call literary fiction get accorded greater esteem and privilege. I also have a problem with how books are marketed, with certain cover designs and typefaces. They're often stamped with an identity that has nothing to do with their effect on the reader.
Michael Chabon