I do have pleasure when I'm writing. I mean, I'm aware of pleasure. And sometimes I make myself laugh, with a joke or something; or I feel gleeful.
Peter SchjeldahlI have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed.
Peter SchjeldahlThere's art that I would readily buy if I could afford it, and enjoy, but would never write about because it doesn't seem significant.
Peter SchjeldahlThe problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So if you talk to an artist about it, you're talking to someone who wasn't there. It's hopeless.
Peter Schjeldahl