A word is a thought, of course. But any image, including a photograph, may become an instrument of sufficiently lucid cogitation.
Peter SchjeldahlA lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great.
Peter SchjeldahlYou could say that clinical depression is an incapacity to aesthetic response. It's like there's a constant agreement within ourselves, a kind of mutual understanding between ourselves and the world.
Peter SchjeldahlArtists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing.
Peter Schjeldahl