Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing.
Peter SchjeldahlMy problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics.
Peter SchjeldahlPicasso had nicknamed Georges Braque "Wilbur," thereby becoming "Orville" in their Wright Brothers-like ambition to get painting off the ground of conventional representation.
Peter SchjeldahlI can do pretty good work in various short forms, but anything over 1400 words, I'd be of no use. I like to say I'm a river navigator. I need to see the shore behind the shore.
Peter Schjeldahl